Ephemeris of January 10: This happened in the world on a day like today

On January 10, but in 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations, in which 51 countries were represented, was inaugurated in Central Hall, in Westminster, London.

OTHER EVENTS

1544.- Viceroy Blasco Núñez de Vela arrives in Nombre de Dios (Panama)sent by Carlos I to stop the abuses committed by some conquerors.

1815.- Battle of Guayabo or Guyabitos, after which Montevideo, occupied by the Argentines, was evacuated.

LOOK: Jair Bolsonaro is admitted to a hospital in the United States for severe abdominal pain

1863.- The London Underground comes into operationthe first underground railway in the world, with a length of 6 kilometers.

1880.- The first charge of dynamite that was to collapse the mountain ranges of the isthmus explodes in the Cucaracha mountain to make way for the waters through the interoceanic Panama Canal.

1920.- The Treaty of Versailles enters into force.

1929.- Cuban student Julio Antonio Mella mysteriously assassinated in Mexicoone of the communist leaders of his country.

– The birth of “Tintin” by Hergéin a Belgian newspaper.

1941.- The German-Soviet pact is signed in Berlin that delimits the new borders between the two countries.

1946.- The US Department of Defense establishes Radar contact with the Moon.

1958.- The Spanish Government approves the reorganization of the territories of Ifni and Saharawhich become provinces.

1964.- Panama breaks diplomatic relations with the United States.

1978.- Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal assassinated in Managuadirector and owner of the Nicaraguan opposition newspaper “La Prensa”.

1980.- In Mexico, a fire destroys the Tree of the Sad Nightunder which Hernán Cortés mourned his defeat.

1985.- Daniel Ortega takes office as president of Nicaragua.

1990.- The companies Time Inc. and Warner Communications mergegiving rise to Time Warner.

1994.- NATO Heads of State and Government agree on the creation of the Association for Peace, to integrate countries of the extinct Warsaw Pact.

1995.- King Juan Carlos I and Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States They are awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize.

2000.- America Online and Time Warner merge.

2001.- The actress Jeanne Moreau becomes the first female full member of the French Academy of Fine Arts.

2003.- North Korea abandons the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

2007.- Hugo Chávez is sworn in as president of Venezuela for his third consecutive term (2007-2013).

2008.- Colombian policies Clara Rojas and Consuelo González de Perdomo are released by the FARC in the Colombian jungle.

2011.- ETA announces a “permanent, general and verifiable” ceasefire.

2014.- The President of the Central African Republic, Michel Djotodia, resignsafter several weeks of violence.

2017.- Daniel Ortega is sworn in for his fourth presidential term and third consecutive, something unprecedented in the history of Nicaragua.

2019.- Nicolás Maduro is sworn in for a second term as president of Venezuelaquestioned by the local opposition and numerous foreign governments.

2021.- the north korean leader Kim Jong-un is appointed general secretary of the Workers’ Partya position previously held by his father and grandfather.

BIRTHS

1880.- Manuel AzanaPresident of the Second Spanish Republic.

1893.- Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet.

1898.- Katharine BlodgettAmerican physicist and inventor.

1924.- Eduardo Chillida, Spanish sculptor.

1936.-Robert W. WilsonAmerican physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 1978.

[1945-RodStewartBritish singer.

1947.- Peer SteinbrückGerman politician.

1956.- Antonio Muñoz MolinaSpanish writer and academic.

– Suso de ToroSpanish writer.

1960.- Brian Cowenformer Prime Minister of Ireland.

1976.- David MunozSpanish singer, member, with his brother Jose, of the duo “Estopa”.

1984.- Marta OrtegaSpanish businesswoman, daughter of the founder of Inditex, Amancio Ortega.

1985.- Martino RivasSpanish actor.

1993.- Rauw Alejandro (Raúl Alejandro Ocasio)Puerto Rican singer and songwriter.

2006.- Angelina JordanNorwegian singer and songwriter.

DEATHS

1778.- Carlos LinnaeusSwedish botanist.

1917.- William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” CodyAmerican adventurer.

1951.- Sinclair LewisAmerican writer.

1957.- Gabriela Mistral -pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga-, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize for Literature 1945.

1971.- Coco Chanel, Pseudonym for Gabrielle Chanel, French fashion designer.

1986.- Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet, Nobel Prize for Literature 1984.

2007.- Carlo PontiItalian film producer and husband of Sofía Loren.

2009.- Giorgio MondadoriItalian publisher.

2011.- Maria Elena WalshArgentine writer and composer.

2015.-Robert StoneAmerican writer.

– Francesco RosiItalian film director.

2016.-David BowieBritish musician.

2017.- Roman HerzogPresident of Germany between 1994 and 1999.

-Clare HollingworthBritish journalist and war correspondent.

2018.- Eddie Clarke, British guitarist for the group Motorhead.

2019.- Juan Francisco Reyes, Guatemalan politician.

2020.- Qaboos bin SaidSultan of Oman.

2022.- Ciro DuránColombian filmmaker.

Source: Elcomercio

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