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In a May 4thbut in 1954, General Alfredo Stroessner carried out a coup d’état and later named himself President of the Republic of Paraguay.
OTHER EVENTS
1589.- In Spainthe English corsair Francis Drake begins the assault on La Coruñasquare in which the heroic intervention of Maria Pita.
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1697.- the french corsair Jean Bernard Pointis sacks Cartagena de Indias and gets a big booty.
1704.- He Archduke Charles of Austria lands in Lisbon with 14,000 men to start the war of spanish succession.
1780.- The “Derby” is run for the first timethe famous English horse test.
1814.- Ferdinand VII declares the Constitution of 1812 null and void and all measures taken by the Courts of Cádiz.
1839.- The first issue of the newspaper is publishedTrade“, of Limethe oldest in force in the country.
1858.- Benito Juarez establishes the seat of the Mexican executive power in veracruz.
1875.- The Ecuadorian Language Academy.
1904.- USA formally assumes control of French property over the Panama Canal.
1938.- The Vatican acknowledge the government of Frank as legitimate of Spain.
1949.- All the members of the squad die in a plane crash Turin (Italy), base of the Italian national soccer team.
1979.- Margaret Thatcher sworn in as prime minister of the United Kingdomand becomes the first woman elected head of the british government.
1980.- Constantine Karamanlis is elected for the first time president of Greece.
1990.- The Spanish biochemist Santiago Grisolia and the Honduran pharmacologist Salvador Moncada are awarded the prize Prince of Asturias for Scientific and Technical Research.
1994.- Isaac Rabin and Yasser Arafat sign in Cairo a historic agreement of Palestinian autonomy in Loop and Jericho.
nineteen ninety six.- Jose Maria Aznar (PP) is sworn in as president of the Government of Spain.
2000.- The computer virusI love you” paralyzes millions of computers around the world.
2001.- In Cali (Colombia), a vehicle loaded with explosives explodes in front of the cali tower hotel causes 4 deaths and around thirty injuries, including several players from the first division team Once Caldas.
2006.- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gets the Prince of Asturias Award for Cooperation International.
2008.- In it Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), a referendum on autonomy of this region, winning the “yes” with 85.6%.
2010.- The president of Cuba, Raul Castroadds military to his Government, in a new change of sectors in crisis.
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2011.- the palestinian group Fatah and the islamist hamas they seal their reconciliation after four years of disputes.
2014.- Presidential elections are held in Panama that give victory to the opposition candidate Juan Carlos Varela.
2018.- ETA formalizes its dissolution in the French town of Cambo-les-Bains (France) with the call “Arnaga statement”.
.- The swedish academy resigns to grant Nobel Prize for Literature and postpones the ruling to 2019, after the scandal of leaks and assumptions sexual abuse linked to the academy.
2020.- The WHO confirms animal origin of coronavirus and refutes its creation in the laboratory.
BIRTHS
1622.- Juan de Valdes LealSpanish painter.
1875.- Ramiro de MaeztuSpanish writer and politician.
1925.- Luis Herrera CampinsVenezuelan politician.
1928.- hosni mubarakFormer President of Egypt.
1929.- audrey hepburnBelgian-born British actress.
1936.- Manuel Benitez “El Cordoba”bullfighter.
1961.- Luis Herrera Herrera“lucho herrera”, Colombian cyclist.
1987.- Jorge LorenzoSpanish motorcycling pilot.
DEATHS
1937.- Noel de Medeiros RoseBrazilian musician, considered the creator of samba.
1980.- Josip Broz“Titus”, former President of Yugoslavia.
1984.- Diana DorsBritish actress.
1992.- Henri GuilleminFrench writer and historian.
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nineteen ninety five.- Lewis PrestonAmerican banker, president of the World Bank from 1991 to 1995.
2010.- Angel Christtamer and circus businessman, Spanish.
2015.- jesus hermidaSpanish journalist.
Source: Elcomercio
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