Ephemeris of November 14: this happened in the world on a day like today

On another November 14, but 1838, Costa Rica announces its independence and separates from the Central American Federation.

OTHER EVENTS

1524.- The first expedition of Francisco Pizarro sets sail from Panama to explore the south coast.

1817.- Policarpa Salavarrieta Ríos is publicly shot in Bogotá, heroine of the independence of Colombia, better known as “La Pola”. Since 1967, November 14 has been declared the “Colombian Women’s Day”.

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1851.- The work “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville is published in the United States, considered a classic of universal literature.

1910.- The Aviator Eugene Ely performs in Virginia (United States), for the first time in history, a takeoff from the deck of a shipthat of the British “Birmingham”.

1918.- Thomas Masaryk is elected the first president of the Republic of Czechoslovakia.

1922.- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) inaugurates the first daily radio service in London.

1952.- The New Musical Express magazine publishes the first hit list of “singles” in the United Kingdom in London.

1960.- Cuba withdraws from the World Bank (WB).

1969.- Apollo 12 takes off from the US. It is the second manned mission to reach the Moon and NASA astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad becomes the third man to set foot on the lunar surface.

1975.- The Declaration of Madrid is signed between Spain, Morocco and Mauritania, by which Spain transfers the administration of Western Sahara.

1988.- Spain and Portugal sign the accession protocol to the Western European Union (WEU) in London.

1990.- Germany and Poland seal the treaty that establishes the delimited line by the course of the Oder-Neisse rivers as a dividing line between the two countries.

1993.- The referendum is approved continuation of Puerto Rico as a Commonwealth of the United States.

1994.- Inauguration of the Eurostarwhich transits through the English Channel tunnel.

nineteen ninety six.- The deputies congress approves the full integration of Spain in the command structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

1997.- Fox studios premiere “Anastasia” in the United Stateshis first animated film.

2000.- The Internet browser Netscape Navigator version 6.0 is launched in the United States.

2006.- Goya’s painting “Children of the cart” is stolen during its transfer from the Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio, USA) to the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

2002.- Argentina decides to suspend the payment of a debt of 805 million dollars to the World Bankuntil reaching an agreement with the IMF.

2006.- The Court of Appeals of Santiago de Chile ratifies the prosecution of the dictator Augusto Pinochet as the author of kidnappings and torture in Villa Grimaldi.

2007.- The European rocket Ariane-5 is launched into space from French Guiana to put into orbit a Brazilian satellite for civil use and a British one for military use.

– The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez indicates that he will submit relations with Spain to a “deep review”, after the tension that arose in the closing session of the Ibero-American Summit, when the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, told him: “Why don’t you shut up?”

2010.- The Red Bull Racing driver, Sebastian Vetel, is proclaimed the youngest Formula 1 World Champion at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

2014.- The creation in the Bolivian Armed Forces of the eleventh division of the Army is announced to protect the Salar de Uyuni (west) which contains the largest lithium reserves in the world.

2016.- a group of researchers from various countries around the world, coordinated by the Alfred-Wegener-Institut in Bremerhaven (northern Germany), He sets out on an expedition to the Arctic in search of the oldest ice sheets on Earth.

2018.- Astronomers from all over the world discover the second closest exoplanet to Earth. It is a super-Earth 3.2 times the size of our planet that orbits Barnard’s star.

2019.- The King of Spain, Felipe VI, pays tribute in Santiago de Cuba to the Spanish soldiers who fell in 1898 in two of the battles that ended the colonial empire. It is the first tribute made by a king of Spain.

2020.- More than 100 2,300-year-old sarcophagi found in the archaeological site of Sakkara are presented in Egyptsouthwest of Cairo.

2021.- The American aircraft manufacturer Boeing presents its 777X model in the United Arab Emiratesthe largest and most efficient twin-jet aircraft in the world.

BIRTHS

1840.- Claude Monet, French impressionist painter.

1889.- Jawaharlal Nehruformer Prime Minister of India.

1927.- Narciso YepesSpanish musician.

1935.- Hussein IKing of Jordan.

1936.- Josefina Molina, Spanish film and theater director.

– Antonio Esteve Rodenas, “Antonio Gades”Spanish dancer and choreographer.

1948.- CarlosPrince of Wales and Heir to the British Crown.

1954.- Bernard HinaultFrench cycling champion.

1961.- Antonio González Flores“Antonio Flores”, Spanish singer and composer.

1980.- Vanesa Martín MataSpanish singer.

1984.- Vincenzo NibaliItalian cyclist.

DEATHS

1716.- Gottfried W. LeibnizGerman philosopher and mathematician.

1946.- Manuel de FallaSpanish composer.

1968.- Ramón Menéndez PidalSpanish philologist and historian.

2001.- Charlotte ColemanBritish actress.

2017.- Rafael GarciaMexican boxer.

Source: Elcomercio

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