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Ephemeris of January 5: What happened in the world on a day like today

On January 5, but in 2020, Chavista deputies elect an almost unknown Luis Parra as president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, while the police forces beat Juan Guaidó, re-elected hours later as leader of the chamber, from accessing the chamber. at the headquarters of the newspaper El Nacional.

OTHER EVENTS

1543.- The Spanish friar Bartolomé de las Casas disembarks in the port of San Francisco de Campeche (Mexico)prominent historian and defender of indigenous people.

1728.- Foundation of the University of Havana.

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1822.- The municipalities of Guatemala vote the annexation of the country to the Empire of Mexicorecently proclaimed by Agustín Itúrbide.

1895.- The French Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus, falsely accused of high treason, is demoted in a public ceremony at the Military School in Paris.

1906.- A violent earthquake shakes the Nicaraguan city of Masaya.

1919.- The German Workers’ Party (DAP) is foundedembryo of the later National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP).

1925.- Nellie Tayloe Ross is sworn in as Governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in the history of the United States.

1933.- Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge beginsin San Francisco (California, USA).

1940.- The engineer and inventor Edwin H. Armstrong presents FM radio in the United States.

1950.- Great Britain breaks its diplomatic relations with nationalist China and, the next day, he recognized Mao Tse-Tung’s regime.

1955.- The last stretch, 643 kilometers long, of the Amazon railway linking Brazil and Bolivia.

1968.- Alexander Dubcek is elected First Secretary of the Czech Communist Party.

1972.- Richard Nixon orders the development of the US space program.

1993.- The oil tanker “Braer” runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, in Scottish waters. In the following days, it splits into four and dumps 85,000 tons of crude into the sea.

2005.- The astronomers Michael Brown, Chad Trujillo and David L. Rabinowitz discover, from photographs taken in 2003, the dwarf planet eristhe furthest from the solar system.

2008.- Mikhail Saakashvili is reelected president of Georgia.

2016.- The new Venezuelan Parliament is constitutedfirst of the Chavista period with an opposition majority, and chaired by the opposition Juan Guaidó.

2019.- A ceremony in Istanbul seals the rupture between the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and that of Russia.

2020.- the social democrat Zoran Milanovic wins the presidential elections in Croatia.

2021.- The new Parliament is constituted in Venezuelacontrolled by chavismo.

BIRTHS

1744.- Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosSpanish politician and writer.

1846.- Rudolf EuckenGerman philosopher, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1908.

1876.- Konrad Adenauer, German politician, first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).

1881.- Pablo GargalloSpanish sculptor.

1895.- Rebecca C. LancefieldAmerican microbiologist.

1902.- Ana María Gómez González, Maruja MalloSpanish surrealist painter.

1906.-Kathleen KenyonBritish archaeologist.

1921.- Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss painter and writer.

1928.- Walter MondaleFormer Vice President of the United States.

-Ali BhutoFormer President and former Prime Minister of Pakistan.

1931.-Robert DuvallAmerican actor.

1932.- Umberto EcoItalian semiologist and writer.

1938.- Juan Carlos de Borbónemeritus king of Spain.

– Ngugi wa Thiong’oKenyan writer.

1941.- Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animation filmmaker.

1942.- Terenci Moix, Spanish writer.

-Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist.

1946.- Diane KeatonAmerican actress.

1947.- Saskia SassenDutch sociologist.

1953.-George Tenetformer director of the CIA.

1955.- Adriana OcampoColombian planetary geologist.

1956.- Frank-Walter SteinmeierPresident of Germany.

1965.- Eleonora CassanoArgentine dancer and choreographer.

1969.-Brian WarnerAmerican rock singer, known as Marilyn Manson.

1975.-Bradley Cooper, American actor.

1978.-January JonesAmerican actress.

1986.- Deepika PadukoneDanish model and actress of Indian origin.

DEATHS

1922.- Ernest ShackletonAnglo-Irish explorer of Antarctica.

1936.- Ramón María del Valle-InclanSpanish writer.

1956.- Jeanne Bourgeoismistinguett”, vedette, French singer and actress.

1979.- Alexandra BalachovaRussian ballet dancer.

1981.- Giuseppe Lanza del VastoItalian pacifist.

1990.- Arthur KennedyAmerican actor.

1991.- Vasko PopaSerbian poet of Romanian origin.

1993.- Juan BenetSpanish writer.

2003.- Roy JenkinsBritish politician and former President of the European Commission.

2006.- Rosa María KucharskiSpanish pianist.

2008.- Raymond Forni, French politician.

2010.- Kenneth NolandAmerican painter.

2011.- Malangatana Valente NgwenyaMozambican painter and poet.

2016.- Pierre BoulezFrench composer and conductor.

2018.- John YoungAmerican astronaut and ninth man to set foot on the Moon.

– Carlos Heitor ConyBrazilian journalist and writer.

2021.- João CutileiroPortuguese sculptor.

Source: Elcomercio

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