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Ephemeris of January 9: What happened in the world on a day like today

On January 9, but in 1872, Paraguay and Brazil sign the final Boundary Treaty that put an end to their territorial dispute, one of the main reasons for the War of the Triple Alliance.

OTHER EVENTS

1570.- A royal certificate from Felipe II arrives in Lima ordering the Establishment of the Inquisition in Peru.

1861.- The State of Mississippi secedes from the North American Union to join the Confederation of Southern States.

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1928.- The Nicaraguan General Augusto César Sandino undertakes a military offensive against US troops and proclaims the Republic of Nueva Segovia.

1937.- Leon Trotsky arrives as a refugee in Mexicoafter years of exile in Turkey, France and Norway.

1939.- Libya is incorporated into the territory of Italy.

1960.- Construction of the Aswan dam begins in Egypt.

1972.- United Kingdom: strike of 280,000 miners.

1981.- Francisco Pinto Balsemaonew head of Government of Portugal.

1983.- The chancellors of Mexico, Venezuela, Panama and Colombia, gathered on the Panamanian island of Contadora, constitute the Contadora Groupa political platform for peace in Central America.

2005.– The candidate of Al Fatah, Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen), wins the Palestinian presidential elections.

– The Government of Sudan and the rebels in the south of the country sign a peace agreement ending 22 years of civil war.

2007.- Apple launches the first iPhone.

2015.- The alleged perpetrators of the attack on the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” and the kidnapper in a Jewish supermarket in Paris are killed in two police operations. Four kidnapped die.

2018.- The two Koreas begin their first meeting in more than two years.

2022.- The Venezuelan opponent Sergio Garrido wins the regional elections in the State of Barinas, birthplace of Hugo Chávez, repeated by order of the Supreme.

BIRTHS

1902.- José María Escrivá de BalaguerSpanish priest, founder of Opus Dei.

1908.- Simone de BeauvoirFrench writer.

1913.-Richard Nixonformer president of the United States.

1925.- Lee Van Cleef, American actor.

1927.- Rodolfo WalshArgentine writer and journalist assassinated in 1977.

1928.- Domenico ModugnoItalian singer, songwriter and politician.

1939.- Kiko Argüellofounder of the Neocatechumenal Way Catholic movement and Spanish painter.

1941.- Joan BaezAmerican singer.

1950.- Carlos Martínez AlonsoSpanish immunologist.

1951.- Michel Barnier, French politician.

1956.- Imelda StauntonBritish actress.

1959.- Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan human rights defender. Nobel Peace Prize 1992.

1974.- Jesús Janeiro, “Jesulín de Ubrique”Spanish bullfighter.

1982.- Catherine (Kate) MiddletonDuchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William of England.

DEATHS

1878.- Victor Emmanuel IIKing and founder of the Kingdom of Italy.

1998.- Kenichi FukuiJapanese, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981.

2000.- Bruno ZeviItalian architect.

2004.- Norberto BobbioItalian philosopher.

2009.- Dave DeeBritish singer.

-Armand BasiSpanish fashion designer and businessman.

2011.- Peter YatesBritish filmmaker.

2014.- Amiri Baraka (Everett LeRoi Jones)American writer and political activist.

2015.- Frans MolenaarDutch dressmaker.

2017.- Zygmunt BaumanPolish sociologist and philosopher.

2018.- Andrés de los RíosColombian bullfighter.

2019.- Saúl IbargoyenUruguayan poet.

2020.- Ivan PasserCzech film director.

-Mike ResnickAmerican science fiction writer.

– Hilario Martinez NebredaSpanish poet.

2022.- Toshiki KaifuFormer Japanese Prime Minister.

Source: Elcomercio

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