Ephemeris of November 5: This happened in the world on a day like today

On another November 5, but in 1982, the presidents of Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner, and Brazil, Joao Figueredo, inaugurated the Itaipu hydroelectric plant, at that time the largest in the world (in 2011 it was surpassed by the Tres Tres dam). Gorges in China) and which began producing energy in 1984.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1414.- The Council of Constance begins, which puts an end to the so-called Western Schism.

1712.- King Philip V of Spain signs an act of renunciation of the Crown of France for him and his descendants.

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1811.- The politician and ecclesiastic José Matías Delgado heads in El Salvador the first attempt to obtain the independence of the country of Spanish power.

1813.- In Cuzco (Peru) takes place a lifting against the Spanish domination that lead the brothers Juan and Laurencio Aguado.

1838.- Honduras proclaims its independence; separates from the Central American Federation and becomes a sovereign State.

1900.- The first Constituent Convention meets in Havana (Cuba).

1913.- Inaugurated in Los Angeles (USA) the longest water pipeline in the worldof 401 km.

1916.- the german emperor William II and the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I proclaim the independent kingdom of Poland.

1924.- The United States withdraws from the Dominican Republic and ends an eight-year occupation.

1940.- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democrat) is re-elected President of the United States for the third time.

1955.- The Vienna State Opera is reopened, after it was destroyed in 1945 during World War II. For the occasion, “Fidelio” by Beethoven is performed.

1966.- Ten dancers from the National Ballet of Cuba, on tour in Paris, ask for political asylum in France.

1968.- the republican Richard Nixon is elected president of the United States, with 43.4% of the vote.

1978.- The city cuban of Baracoa, founded in 1512, is proclaimed as the first town in the country.

1991.- They steal about 40 million dollars in the Caja Agraria de Santa Fe de Bogotá (Colombia), in an action described as “assault of the century”.

1992.- The Cuban poet Dulce María Loynaz is awarded the Cervantes Prize for Literature.

1996.- Pedro Rossello, of the annexationist New Progressive Party, re-elected governor of Puerto Rico.

– Bill Clinton is reelected president of the United States. and becomes the first Democrat re-elected since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in 1936.

2004.- The “Mare Nostrum” supercomputer is presented in Spainthe most powerful in Europe and one of the fastest in the world.

– The head of the Chilean Army, General Juan Emilio Cheyre admits institutional responsibility for human rights violations during the military regime.

2006.- Daniel Ortega, leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, the new president of Nicaragua is elected.

A Baghdad court has sentenced former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to death. for the massacre of 148 Shiites in 1982.

2007.- the chinese ship “Chang EI” begins the first of its orbits around the Moon.

2013.- Argentina announces the discovery of secret documents from the last dictatorship (1976-1983).

2017.- An international press consortium unveils the “Paradise Papers”the largest leak of documents from tax havens in history.

2021.- the swedish quartet ABBA publishes worldwide “Voyage”, the ninth studio album since their separation almost forty years ago.

– The German frigate Bayern calls at a port in Tokyo and it is the first call in 20 years of a German military ship in Japan.

– Died in Brazil, in a plane crash, Marilia Mendonça, one of the most popular artists in the country, winner of a Latin Grammy in 2019.

BIRTHS

1913.- Vivien LeighBritish actress.

1926.- John Berger, British essayist and painter.

1936.- Jorge Alberto Rípoli “Joe Rígoli”Argentine actor and comedian.

1940.- Elke Sommer, German film actress.

1941.- Art Garfunkel, American singer and musician.

1943.- Sam ShepardAmerican writer and actor.

1948.- Bernard-Henri LevyFrench philosopher and writer.

1959.- Bryan AdamsCanadian singer and songwriter.

1963.- Tatum Beatrice O’NealAmerican actress.

1968.- Aitana Sánchez-GijónSpanish actress.

DEATHS

1991.-Robert Maxwell, British newspaper publisher.

1991.- Fred Martin MacMurrayAmerican actor.

2007.- Nils Liedholm, Swedish former soccer player

2011.- Loulou de la FalaiseEnglish jewelry designer.

2019.- Omero Antonutti, Italian actor.

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.