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On December 12, 2002, the Nicaraguan Parliament lifted the immunity of former President of the Republic Arnoldo Aleman, accused of money laundering.
Other ephemeris:
1492.- Christopher Columbus orders the construction of Fort Natividad, in which he leaves a garrison with remains of the ship Santa María, lost when it ran aground in Hispaniola (Haiti).
1814.- The Spanish garrison of Bogotá honorably capitulates before Simón Bolívar.
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1818.- The Congress of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata recognizes the State of Chile as a free and independent nation.
1901.- Guiglielmo Marconi sends the first message by wireless telegraphy that crossed the Atlanticfrom Great Britain to Newfoundland (Canada).
1911.- George V of England founds the city of New Delhiwhere the seat of the British colonial government in India is established.
1915.- The first all-metal airplane is presented in Berlininvented by the German aviator and industrialist Hugo Junkers.
1924.- The autogyro La Cierva makes its trip from Cuatro Vientos to Getafein Madrid.
1954.- Launching in Newport News, Virginia (USA), of the largest ship in the world until then, the aircraft carrier “forrestal”.
1956.- Fidel Castro and some of his men opposed to the Fulgencio Batista regime enter the Sierra Maestra after disembarking in the Oriente province of the island of Cuba.
1979.- An underwater earthquake in the port of Tumaco (Colombia) of between magnitude 7.7 and 8.1 causes nearly 500 deaths and a similar number of wounded.
1981.- A Peruvian man Javier Pérez de Cuellar is elected Secretary General of the UN.
1992.- Transfer of the mortal remains of Pablo Neruda and his partner, Matilde Urrutia, to Isla Negra (Chile).
1993.- Approved in a referendum by majority the new Russian Constitutionthe first to include the principle of separation of powers.
1994.- South Africa rejoins UNESCO after 38 years of absence.
1996.- Government and Guatemalan guerrillas sign the pact in Madrid for the incorporation of the guerrilla into the political life of the country.
1999.- The Maltese oil tanker “Erika” capsizes off the Brittany coast and dumps more than 10,000 tons of fuel into the sea.
2003.- The President of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, requests the resignation of all his ministers after the denunciations that implicate them in several cases of corruption.
2004.- Sony launches the PlayStation Portable (PSP) in Japan.
2006.- The former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam found guilty of genocide by a court in Addis Ababa.
2010.- Kosovo celebrates the first parliamentary elections since its unilateral independence from Serbia in February 2008.
2013.- North Korea executes the number two of the regime, Jang Song-thaekuncle of the North Korean leader, sentenced to death for corruption.
2016.- the portuguese Antonio Guterres is sworn in as UN Secretary General.
– The EU and Cuba sign their first bilateral political dialogue agreement and cooperation, after almost three decades.
2019.- Bolivian former president Evo Morales arrives in Argentina and asks to be accepted as a refugee after his resignation from office under pressure from the opposition and the Army.
2020.- Iranian journalist Ruholá Zam, director of the Amadnews website, is hanged after being sentenced to death for inciting the anti-regime protests in late 2017.
BIRTHS
1821.- Gustave Flaubert, French novelist.
1863.-Edvard MunchNorwegian painter.
1915.- Frank SinatraAmerican singer and actor.
1934.- Miguel de la Madridformer president of Mexico.
1946.- Emerson Fittipaldi, brazilian motoring champion.
1950.- Francisco Montesinos, Spanish couturier and designer.
DEATHS
1777.-Albert von HallerSwiss physiologist.
1859.-Robert StephensonEnglish engineer.
1985.- Anne BaxterAmerican film actress.
1989.- Carlos BarralSpanish poet, editor and politician.
1990.- Shell PiquerSpanish singer.
1993.- Jozef Antall, historian, Prime Minister of Hungary.
2006.-Peter BoyleAmerican actor.
2007.- Josep GuinovartSpanish painter.
-Ike TurnerAmerican singer.
2008.- Tassos PapadopoulosFormer President of Cyprus.
2016.- Javier Echevarríaprelate of Opus Dei.
2019.- Danny AielloAmerican actor.
2020.- John le CarréBritish writer.
2021.- Vicente FernandezMexican singer.
Source: Elcomercio
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