Ephemeris of March 24: What happened in the world on a day like today?

In a March 24th, but from 1887, Robert Koch explains his discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus in Berlin. In his honor, World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated every year.

OTHER EVENTS

1815.- Fernando VII founded the Order of Isabel la Católica to reward the services rendered in the American colonies.

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1816.- The Congress of Tucumán (Argentina) that proclaimed the independence of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata meets.

1853.- First attempt to create a “Balloon Air Traffic Company” by the Englishman William Henson, who presented his project to the British Parliament for approval.

1854.- President José Gregorio Monagas decrees the abolition of slavery in Venezuela.

1878.- The Cuban patriot Antonio Maceo starts the “little war” in eastern Cuba.

1916.- A German submarine torpedoes the Sussex ship, killing an estimated eighty, including the Spanish composer Enrique Granados and his wife.

1922.- Salomón-Lozano Treaty, between Colombia and Peru, by which this second country cedes the city of Leticia to Colombia.

1927.- The poet Antonio Machado is chosen to occupy a chair in the Royal Spanish Academy, although he did not take office.

1942.- Argentine President Roberto María Ortiz resigns from office for health reasons.

[1945- World War II: The first phase of the plan of operations directed by the North American general Eisenhower ends.

1949.- For the first time, a foreign film wins the Oscar for Best Picture. It was the British “Hamlet”, directed and performed by Laurence Olivier, who also won the Best Actor award.

1976.- A military coup led by General Videla overthrows the Argentine president, María Estela Martínez de Perón, and establishes a dictatorship in the country.

1980.- An ultra-right command assassinates the Archbishop of San Salvador, Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero, when he was celebrating mass in the cathedral of the capital of El Salvador.

1986.- The Argentine film director Luis Puenzo wins with “The official story”, the first Oscar that a Hispanic-American film achieves.

– Units of the United States Sixth Fleet attack military objectives in international waters of the Gulf of Sirte, off the coast of Libya.

1989.- The oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground on the coast of Alaska. The spill of 37,000 tons of crude caused one of the biggest environmental disasters in history.

1994.- The Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa becomes the first Ibero-American to occupy a chair in the Royal Spanish Academy of Language in the 20th century.

– Ana, the daughter of war criminal and former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, commits suicide with her father’s gun during the Bosnian conflict.

1999.- More than 40 people die in a fire declared in the Mont-Blanc tunnel, which links France and Italy.

2001.- The computer manufacturer Apple Computer markets the first version of its Mac OS X operating system. Codenamed Cheetah, it only had a few months to live due to the multiple errors it contained and its poor performance.

2003.- Former Peruvian presidential adviser Vladimiro Montesinos is sentenced to five years in prison for influence peddling.

2006.- Pope Benedict XVI proclaims the first fifteen cardinals of his pontificate, including Antonio Cañizares from Spain and Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino from Venezuela.

2011.- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemns Uruguay for the disappearance of María Claudia García, daughter-in-law of the Argentine poet Juan Gelman.

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2013.- Michel Djotodia proclaims himself president of the Central African Republic after a coup that overthrew President François Bozizé, who fled the country.

2015.- 150 people die, 50 of them Spaniards, in the accident of a plane from the German company Germanwings in the French Alps, caused deliberately by the co-pilot of the aircraft.

2016.- The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia sentences former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to 40 years for the genocide in Srebrenica and other war crimes.

2021.- The Government of Argentina announces its withdrawal from the Lima Group, created in 2017 to deal with the situation in Venezuela.

BIRTHS

1809.- Mariano Jose de LarraSpanish writer.

1874.- Harry HoudiniAmerican illusionist.

1897.- wilhelm reichAustrian psychoanalyst and writer.

1911.- joe barberaAmerican animator, director, and producer

1926.- Dario FoItalian playwright,

1930.- Steve McQueenAmerican actor.

– Christopher HalfterSpanish composer and conductor.

1935.- Pedro Pubill Calaf “Peret”Spanish singer and composer.

1948.- Eduardo MendicuttiSpanish writer.

1951.- Tommy HilfigerAmerican fashion designer.

1952.- Quim MonzoSpanish writer.

1954.- robert carradineAmerican actor.

1970.- Sharon CorrIrish singer and fiddler.

1974.- Jim ParsonsAmerican actor.

1987.- Maria ValverdeSpanish actress.

DEATHS

1603.- Elizabeth IQueen of England.

1824.- Stephen de LucaArgentine poet.

1882.- Henry W. LongfellowAmerican poet.

1905.- Julio VerneFrench novelist.

nineteen ninety six.- Lola BeltranMexican singer.

2002.- Ramon Tapia Espinalmember of the Triumvirate that ruled the Dominican Republic between 1963 and 1965.

2008.- Richard WidmarkAmerican actor.

2010.- Robert CulpAmerican actor.

– Jim MarshallAmerican photographer.

2016.- Johan Cruyfffootballer of Dutch origin.

2019.- Scott WalkerAmerican musician, vocalist of the group The Walker Brothers.

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2020.- Alberto Aleandro Uderzo“Albert Uderzo”, French cartoonist and scriptwriter, creator together with René Goscinny of the stories of “Astérix the Gaul”.

– Manu DibangoCameroonian saxophonist, composer and singer.

2021.- Jorge Martinez ReverteSpanish journalist and writer.

– Jessica WalkerAmerican actress.

Source: Elcomercio

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