Ephemeris of January 21: This happened in the world on a day like today

On January 21, 1976, the supersonic passenger plane “Concorde” began regular flights. The aircraft, which was in service until 2003, was built by the British Aircraft Corporation (British) and Aérospatiale (French) consortia.

OTHER EVENTS:

1793.- Louis XVI of France is guillotined in Paris.

1893.- The Coca-Cola formula is patenteda drink that from then on began to be marketed and known worldwide.

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1919.- First meeting of the Irish Parliamentin which the establishment of the Republic of this country is confirmed.

1921.- The Italian Communist Party is founded in Livorno.

1929.- Signature of the treaty by which the borders between Haiti and the Dominican Republic are established.

1954.- Launching in the United States of the “Nautilus”, the first nuclear-powered submarine.

1976.- The supersonic passenger plane “Concorde” begins flights regular line.

1977.- In the United States, the President Jimmy Carter grants amnesty to Vietnam deserters.

1991.- The new king of Norway, Harald V, swears the Constitution before Parliament.

1994.- 25 volunteer firefighters die, many of them minors in extinguishing a fire in Puerto Madryn (Argentina).

1998.- John Paul II begins a visit to Cubafirst of a pope to the island.

2000.- A civic-military coup, led by indigenous people and officials, Deposes Ecuadorian President Jamil Mahuad.

2001.- the german Jutta Kleinschmidt becomes the first woman to win the Paris-Dakar Rally.

2002.- The four members of Sinn Fein, the political arm of the IRA, take possession of their offices in the British Parliament without giving up his political objective of reunifying the island of Ireland.

2003.- An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale causes 29 deaths and 30,000 victims in the Mexican state of Colima.

2018.- About twenty people, fourteen of them foreigners, die in a Taliban attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul. 2019.

– Nearly 100 dead in a Taliban attack to an Afghan secret service base.

2020.- The first case of the new coronavirus in America is confirmedIn U.S.A.

BIRTHS:

1895.- Cristóbal BalenciagaSpanish fashion designer.

1905.-Christian DiorFrench fashion designer.

1923.- Lola Flores, Spanish dancer, singer and actress.

1924.- Benny HillBritish comic actor.

1933.- Juliet SerranoSpanish actress.

1940.- Jack NicklausAmerican golfer.

1941.- Placido DomingoSpanish tenor.

1953.-Paul Allen, Founder with Bill Gates of Microsoft.

1954.- José Luis Medina del Corral“Lucchino”, Spanish fashion designer.

1956.- Geena DavisAmerican actress.

1970.- Marina FoïsFrench actress.

1974.- Malena AlterioArgentine-Spanish actress.

1979.- Ramon Melendi“Melendi”, Spanish singer and composer.

2004.- Ingrid AlexandraPrincess of Norway.

DEATHS:

1924.- Vladimir Ilyich, Leninarchitect of the Russian revolution and founder of the Soviet State.

1950.- George OrwellBritish writer.

1959.- Cecil B. de MilleAmerican filmmaker.

2002.- Peggy LeeAmerican jazz singer.

2004.- Carmina GalloColombian soprano.

2006.- Ibrahim Rugovawriter and politician, first president of Kosovo.

2015.- Vince CamutoAmerican shoe designer.

-Leon Brittany, British politician.

2019.- Henry of OrleansFrench aristocrat, pretender to the throne of France.

2020.-Terry JonesBritish actor, film director and screenwriter, member of the Monty Python group.

2022.- Louie AndersonAmerican actor and comedian.

Source: Elcomercio

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