:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elcomercio/BP2M33OHGBHIHAZ4EZ7QZJY6JU.jpg)
In a May 5thbut in 1992, the Crimean Parliament proclaimed the independence of the peninsula and called a referendum, in a challenge to Ukraine.
OTHER EVENTS
1313.- He Pope Celestine V is canonized.
LOOK HERE: “Juan Guaidó’s rat fled to coordinate the robbery of the Citgo company abroad,” Maduro accuses
1494.- Columbus discovers what is now Jamaicaisland to which he called Santiagoduring his second trip to America.
1808.- Bayonne abdications: Charles IV formally renounces his rights to the Spanish throne in favor of Napoleon. Two days later she did Ferdinand VII.
1859.- Brazil and Venezuela sign a treaty of limits and fluvial navigation.
1862.- Battle of Puebla (Mexico): the national troops repel the French forces of Napoleon IIIa victory that will become a symbol of resistance to foreign domination and will be celebrated as a national holiday, every Fifth of May.
1877.- Porfirio Díaz is proclaimed president of Mexicostarting a dictatorship which lasted 35 years.
1887.- The Peruvian Language Academy.
1921.- Chanel n.5 is bornthe most famous and sold perfume in history.
1936.- Italian troops enter Addis Ababa and Mussolini declares Ethiopia Italian.
1944.- Gandhi is released for health reasonsafter 21 months of arrest.
1948.- Mexico integrates into the Organization of American States.
1949.- The Treaty of London is signedorigin of Council of Europein charge of Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Norway and Sweden.
1955.- The Federal Republic of Germany regains full sovereignty after the World War II.
1961.- The American Alan Shepard makes the first orbital flight by an astronautin the capsule “freedom-7″.
1965.- A plane crashes at Los Rodeos airport (Tenerife) and 32 people die.
1981.- IRA member Bobby Sands passes away after completing 66 days in hunger strike.
1984.- The itaipu dam on the border of Brazil and Paraguayan start generating electric poweralthough it was officially inaugurated on October 25 later.
1999.- Mireya Moscoso is proclaimed president-elect of Panama after his electoral victory.
.- The Mexican Elsa Avila steps on the top of Mount Everestbeing the first Latin American woman to achieve the feat.
2002.- Jacques Chirac is re-elected President of the French Republicby sweeping the ultra-right Jean Marie Le Penin the second round of the presidential elections.
2003.- The FARC shoot the governor of Antioquia, Guillermo Gaviriato the former Minister of Defense Gilberto Echeverry Mejiaand eight soldiers, after an operation by the Colombian Army to free them after more than a year of kidnapping.
.- Linkedin is bornthe social network for professionals.
MORE INFORMATION: What is known about the alleged assassination attempt on Putin with drones exploding in the Kremlin?
2004.- The work of the Spanish artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso “Garcon à la pipe” surpasses all records by being awarded 93 million dollars, in auction at Sotheby’s.
2012.- Bolivian President Evo Moralesbacks down on its decision to increase the working day of health personnelbesieged by protests.
.- Japan shuts down its nuclear reactors after 42 yearsin the shadow of fukushima.
2021.- The state of South Carolina (USA) approves the firing squad as an alternative method of execution.
.- He Salvadoran Congress passes a law that guarantees criminal immunity for officials and individuals that have managed the pandemic, in order to obscure the investigations into corruption.
BIRTHS
1813.- Soren KierkegaardDanish philosopher.
1818.- Karl MarxGerman sociologist and economist.
1846.- Federico ChuecaSpanish composer.
1914.- Tyrone PowerAmerican actor.
1924.- Leopoldo Torre NilssonArgentine filmmaker.
1943.- Raphael Martos “raphael“, Spanish singer.
1964.- Adolfo Suarez IllanaSpanish politician.
1988.- AdeleBritish singer.
1989.- Chris BrownAmerican singer.
2003.- Carlos AlcarazSpanish tennis player.
DEATHS
1821.- Napoleon BonaparteEmperor of France.
1892.- August Wilhelm HofmannGerman chemist.
1977.- ludwig erhardGerman economist and politician.
ALSO SEE: He burped too many times, went to the doctor and received a devastating diagnosis
1992.- Jean-Claude PascalFrench singer and actor.
2002.- Hugo Banzerformer president of Bolivia.
2010.- Lucho Barriosbolero singer, Peruvian.
Source: Elcomercio
I am Jack Morton and I work in 24 News Recorder. I mostly cover world news and I have also authored 24 news recorder. I find this work highly interesting and it allows me to keep up with current events happening around the world.
