Ephemeris of November 21: What happened in the world on a day like today

On November 21, but in 1995, the presidents of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic; Croatia, Franjo Tudjman, and Bosnia, Alia Izetbegovic, sign a peace “framework agreement” in Dayton (United States) that puts an end to a four-year war in the Balkans, in the heart of Europe.

OTHER EVENTS

1564.- The fleet of Miguel López de Legazpi sets sail from the port of Navidad (Mexico) bound for the islands of Poniente, an undertaking that culminated in the conquest of the Philippines for the Spanish Crown.

1783.- The physicist and chemist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent make the first hot air balloon flight over Paris.

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1831.- Published the decree by which the National Museum of History of Mexico is foundedwhere all the archaeological, historical and natural material that is available to date is concentrated.

1877.- Thomas Edison announces the creation of the phonograph in New York.

1905.- Albert Einstein publishes in the Annalen der Physik magazine his scientific article “Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy content?”where he reveals the relationship between energy and the mass of a body.

1916.- Sinking of the Britannicsister ship to the Titanic, after an explosion while sailing in the Aegean Sea.

1920.- British troops open fire at the Croke Park stadium in Dublin against the public and footballers causing 14 deaths in the middle of the independence war. It was known as the first “Bloody Sunday”.

1959.- The UN prohibits nuclear testsdespite French opposition.

1962.- China announces the ceasefire and the withdrawal of its forces 20 kilometers from the Indian line of control from 1959.

1964.- Inauguration of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridgewhich connects the Staten Island and Brooklyn boroughs of New York.

1969.- Activated the first link of the ARPANET, predecessor of the Internet network, carried out between the universities of California and Stanford, in the United States.

1981.- For health reasons, Argentine dictator Roberto Viola delegates power to the Minister of the InteriorGeneral Horacio Tomás Liendo.

1990.- The 34 European countries that make up the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)except for Albania, together with the US and Canada, subscribe to the Charter of Paris, which puts an end to the cold war.

1991.- the egyptian Boutros Gali is elected UN Secretary General.

1994.- Thirty-nine NATO planes bomb the Udbina airportin the rebel Serbian Krajina (Croatia), in retaliation for the Serb attack on the Bosnian Muslim enclave of Bihac.

nineteen ninety six.- The General Assembly of the United Nations Organization proclaims November 21 as the World Television Day.

2002.- NATO invites Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania to be members of this organizationin the largest expansion in the history of the Atlantic Alliance.

2003.- The UN stops managing the “Oil for Food” program in Iraq, that made it possible to distribute rations to feed 27 million Iraqis for seven years.

2006.- Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in Beirut.

2007.- Jacques Chirac is charged with diversion of public funds in presumed “favored” jobs in the Paris Mayor’s Office when he was first mayor (1977-95).

2013.- Three women who had been enslaved for 30 years were rescued from a London home.

– Half a hundred people die when a shopping center collapses in Riga (Latvia).

2012.- Mario Vargas Llosa receives the I Carlos Fuentes Award in Mexico to literary creation in Spanish.

2014.- The Spanish tonadillera Isabel Pantoja, sentenced to two years in prison for money launderingenters the Sevillian prison of Alcalá de Guadaira (south) to serve his sentence.

2016.- The Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) culminates in Lima with the promise of their economies to become a wall against protectionism and advance in the creation of a free trade area.

2017.- Iran considers the Islamic State terrorist group defeated in Syria.

– Robert Mugabe resigns as head of state of Zimbabwe after 37 years in power.

– Three ships of the Roman Empire are discovered on the coast of Alexandria (Egypt) with various artifacts inside such as coins, ceramic vessels and glass pieces.

2019.- Colombian students and workers take to the streets of the country to protest against the economic and social policies of President Iván Duque.

BIRTHS

1694.- Francois Marie Arouet, VoltaireFrench philosopher.

1898.- René Magritte, Belgian painter.

1924.- Christopher TolkienBritish writer.

1941.- Julio Anguita, Spanish politician.

[1945-GoldieHawnAmerican actress.

1965.- BjorkIcelandic singer, songwriter and actress.

1977.- Pablo Heras-MarriedSpanish conductor.

DEATHS

1695.-Henry Purcell, English composer.

1874.- Mariano FortunySpanish painter.

1916.- Francisco José IEmperor of Austria-Hungary.

1946.- Eduardo MarquinaSpanish poet and playwright.

1993.- Bill BixbyAmerican actor.

2001.- Abdul Aziz ShahKing of Malaysia.

2006.- Pierre Gemayel, lebanese minister.

2007.- Fernando Fernán GómezSpanish actor, writer and filmmaker.

2017.- David CassidyAmerican actor and singer.

2021.- Antonio EscohotadoSpanish philosopher and essayist.

Source: Elcomercio

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