Ephemeris of October 20: What happened in the world on a day like today

On October 20, but in 1883, the Treaty of Ancón was signed, near Lima, which put an end to Peru’s participation in the War of the Pacific or Saltpeter, in which it had Bolivia as an ally in its fight against Peru. Chile, who takes control of Tarapacá, today Iquique, and distributes the department of Arica (Arica for Chile and Tacna for Peru).

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1548.- Captain Alonso de Mendoza founded the city of Our Lady of La Pazcurrent Bolivian capital.

1811.- Montevideo and Buenos Aires sign an armistice after the site of the first since the month of May by troops of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.

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1868.- Cuban National Culture Day in commemoration of the singing for the first time of the national anthem in Bayamo.

1904.- Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Chile and Boliviawhich puts an end to the old differences of territorial limits between the two.

1924.- The Conference of Ambassadors approves a text of the League of Nations by which the borders between Poland and Russia are fixed.

1926.- Cuba suffers one of the most catastrophic cyclones in its historyknown as the “26″ hurricane, which caused some 600 deaths and hit Havana and the Isle of Youth.

1939.- Decree of President Anastasio Somoza García that establishes the national anthem of Nicaragua.

1944.- Second World War: American troops conquer Aachen (Germany).

1955.- “The Return of the King” is published in London. with which JRR Tolkien ends his trilogy “The Lord of the Rings”.

1968.- Wedding of Jacqueline Kennedy with Aristotle Onassis.

1973.- Elizabeth II inaugurates the Síney Opera House (Australia)work Danish architect Jørn Utzon.

1987.- Helmut Kohl and Francois Mitterrand agree in Bonn to speed up the Bonn-Paris axissigning new cooperation agreements.

1991.- Elections in Turkey give 178 seats to the center-right Straight Way Partyof Suleiman Demirel, who becomes prime minister the following month.

nineteen ninety six.- Victory of liberal Arnoldo Alemán in the Nicaraguan presidential elections about the Sandinista Daniel Ortega.

2002.- Seventy-eight FARC guerrillas die in a bombing after trying to take Belalcazar, in Cauca (Colombia).

– The real IRA announces its dissolution and the end of its terrorist activities.

2003.- The Trade Union Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia announces a truce ninety days to open negotiations with the country’s new president, Carlos Mesa.

2004.- the Cuban president, Fidel Castro, fractures his left knee and suffers a fissure in his right arm when falling after an act in the Mausoleum of “Che”, in Santa Clara.

2005.- UNESCO approves the Convention on Cultural Diversity, with the US and Israel voting against.

2009.- Cuba frees two political prisoners and a Spanish businessman after the visit to the island of Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos.

2011.- ETA announces the definitive cessation of armed activity in a video sent to the newspaper “Gara”.

– Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is assassinated by rebels in Sirte.

2014.- The Mexican Government assumes control of 13 municipalities to resolve the whereabouts of the 43 students who have disappeared since the end of September.

2018.- Massive demonstration in London to call for a second referendum on the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.

2019.- Elections in Bolivia with Evo Morales as a candidate for re-electionbut the next day suspicions of fraud arise and protests break out that end with the resignation of Morales.

– Qantas completes the world’s longest commercial flight testfrom New York to Sydney in 19 hours and 16 minutes non-stop.

2020.- The US justice files an antitrust lawsuit against Google for abuse of dominant position in the search and advertising markets.

BIRTHS

1854.- Jean-Arthur RimbaudFrench poet.

1882.- Bela LugosiAmerican actor of Austro-Hungarian origin.

1917.- Stephane Hesseldiplomat, politician, philosopher and French writer, who participated in the drafting of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”.

1925.- Art BuchwaldAmerican journalist and writer.

1934.- MichikoEmpress Emeritus of Japan.

1937.- Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchezformer Dominican baseball player in the American Major Leagues and former Minister of Sports.

1938.- Antonio Giménez-RicoSpanish film director.

1942.- Christiane Nusslein-VolhardGerman biochemist and Nobel Prize in Medicine 1995.

1946.- Elfriede JelinekAustrian writer, Nobel laureate 2004.

1956 Danny BoyleBritish director and producer.

1958.- Viggo MortensenAmerican actor.

1964.- Kamala HarrisVice President of the United States.

DEATHS

1929.- José Batlle Ordóñez, former Uruguayan president.

1949.-Jacques CopeauFrench playwright.

1994.- Burt LancasterAmerican actor.

2014.- Oscar de la RentaDominican couturier and designer.

2016.- Junko TabeiJapanese mountaineer and first woman to climb Everest in 1975.

2017.- Federico LuppiArgentine filmmaker.

2018.- Wim Kokformer Dutch Prime Minister.

Source: Elcomercio

Ronald Payne

I, Ronald Payne, am a journalist and author who dedicated his life to telling the stories that need to be said. I have over 7 years of experience as a reporter and editor, covering everything from politics to business to crime.