On December 1, 1955, the seamstress Rosa Parks is arrested and tried for refusing to give up her seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama (United States).
Other ephemeris:
1640.- Portugal separates from the Spanish Crowna fact that the neighboring country commemorates with the “Day of the restoration of independence”.
1821.- Costa Rica adopts its first Constitutioncalled the Pact of Concord.
LOOK: Security forces assassinate an Iranian who celebrated the defeat of the team against the US in the World Cup
1822.- Peter I, son of John VI of Portugal, He is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
1846.- “La Esperanza” appears in Manila, first newspaper published in the Philippines.
1911.- Mongolia proclaims itself an independent State of China.
1913.- The Buenos Aires Subway is inaugurated, first metropolitan in Latin America.
1919.- Nancy Astor she becomes the first woman to hold a seat in the House of Commons of the British Parliament.
1924.- the mexican general Plutarco Elias Callessupported by General Obregón, He is elected President of the Republic of Mexico.
1927.- First transmission of images by telegraph between Berlin and Vienna.
1934.- Sergei Mironovich Kirov is assassinatedSecretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1943.- Second World War: Tehran Conference endsin which Churchill (Great Britain), Roosevelt (USA) and Stalin (USSR) participated.
1948.- Abolition of the Costa Rican Army after the end of the last civil war in the country.
1957.- In Colombia, a constitutional amendment that establishes the equal participation of the Liberal and Conservative parties is approved by plebiscite in collegiate bodies and alternation in the Presidency for 16 years.
1977.- Suppressed in Spain film censorship.
1988.- First World Day of the fight against AIDS.
1989.- The Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev visits John Paul II in the Vatican. Agreement to formalize relations between the two states.
1991.- Ukraine approves its independence from the USSR by referendum and holds its first presidential elections.
1999.- More than 200 people die and another 200,000 are missing due to torrential rains in Colombia.
2001.- Argentina announces that it will take measures to prevent capital flight from the financial system, which will give rise to playpen (restriction of cash withdrawal from banks).
2002.- 47 people died in the fire at the nightclub “Guajira”in the center of Caracas (Venezuela).
2011.- the chilean poet Nicanor Parra wins the Cervantes Prize.
2013.- The Ukrainian opposition takes kyiv’s Independence Square to demand the resignation of President Yanukovych.
2015.- The former Argentine president Carlos Menem (1989-1999) is sentenced to 4.5 years in prison and perpetual disqualification to hold public office, for the payment of bonuses during his tenure as head of the Executive.
2016.- Prince Vajiralongkorn is proclaimed King of Thailand.
2017.- Michael Flynnformer National Security Adviser to US President Donald Trump, He admits that he lied about the Russian plot.
2018.- Andrés Manuel López Obrador, president-elect of Mexico, officially assumes office.
2019.- “World War Zero” is born (“World War Zero”): group of celebrities and politicians led by former US Secretary of State John Kerry to demand action on the climate crisis.
2020.- Cuban dissident Silverio Portal is released72 years old, considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, after two years in prison.
2021.- The former Argentine president Mauricio Macri is prosecuted for alleged illegal espionage to the relatives of the crew of the submarine “San Juan”, sunk in 2017.
BIRTHS
1869.- Eloy Gonzalo García the hero CascorroSpanish soldier in the war in Cuba.
1897.- Miguel FletaSpanish tenor.
1904..- Telesforo MonzónSpanish writer and politician.
1912.- Minoru Yamasaki, American architect designer of the Twin Towers in New York.
1933.- Curro Romero, Spanish bullfighter.
1935.- Woody Allen, American actor and film director.
[1945-BetteMidlerAmerican actress.
1949.- Sebastián Piñera EcheniqueChilean politician.
– Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug trafficker founder of the Medellín Cartel.
1971.- Emily Mortimer, british actress.
1988.- Zoë KravitzAmerican actress and singer.
2001.-Aiko, Only daughter of the Emperor of Japan Naruhito and Empress Masako.
DEATHS
1825.- Alexander ITsar of Russia.
1947.- José Lázaro GaldianoSpanish philanthropist.
1987.-James Baldwin, African-American writer and civil rights activist.
2008.- Mikel LaboaBasque singer-songwriter.
2009.- Alberto Ariel Martínez Píriz, Uruguayan footballer.
2010.- Socorro Bonilla CastellónNicaraguan actress, promoter and theater entrepreneur.
2013.- Alfonso Armada, former general convicted of the 23-F coup.
2021.- Noemi GerbelliBrazilian actress, producer.
Source: Elcomercio
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