Ephemeris of May 13: What happened in the world on a day like today

On May 13, 1989, Ecuador and Peru put an end to decades of disputes over its border demarcation, by delimiting it for the first time in its history.

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Other ephemeris

1418.- Juan II of Castilla and Pope Martino V sign the first concordat in the history of Spain.

1647.- A strong earthquake destroys Santiago de Chile. Its effects extended from Cuzco to Valdivia, and east to Cuyo.

1830.- Ecuador becomes independent from La Gran Colombia.

1846.- The president of the United States, James Polk, orders General Taylor to occupy the area between the Nueces and Bravo del Norte rivers, which Mexico considered its territory, thus beginning the war between the two countries.

1888.- Slavery is abolished in Brazil.

1917.- Three Portuguese shepherd boys confess to having seen the Virgin in a cave in the Sierra de la Estrella, the origin of the devotion to Our Lady of Fátima.

1930.- French aviator Jean Mermoz lands in Natal (Brazil), after crossing the Atlantic in 21 hours and 12 minutes.

1940.- World War II: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands moves to London before the German advance.

1942.- In Mexico, the Nazis sink the oil tanker Potrero del Llano, which is why Mexico enters World War II.

1943.- Capitulation of the “Afrika Korps” in Tunisia. Marshal Rommel concludes his campaign in Africa, after the German-Italian troops surrendered three days earlier.

1950.- The first Formula 1 race is held at the Silverstone circuit (United Kingdom).

1960.- The US launches the “Echo”, the first passive communications satellite.

1981.- Pope John Paul II is wounded in an attack in Saint Peter’s Square, in Rome, by the Turk Ali Agca.

1989.- Ecuador and Peru put an end to decades of disputes over their border demarcation, by delimiting it for the first time in their history.

1992.- The Ukrainian Parliament annuls the declaration of independence of Crimea, approved a week earlier by the regional Legislature.

1993.- Ezer Weizman is sworn in as Israel’s seventh president.

1994.- The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes is awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature.

1994.- After 27 years of occupation, Israel hands over full control of Jericho to the Palestinians.

nineteen ninety five.- British Alison Hargreaves becomes the first woman to summit Everest without oxygen and without the help of Sherpas.

1999.- The Prince of Asturias, Felipe de Borbón, presents the Bartolomé de las Casas Prize, awarded “ex aequo”, to the Kuna General Congress of Panama and to the Mexican writer Natalio Hernández.

2003.- The Supreme Court of Peru finds ex-president Fujimori responsible for the murder of 26 people in the massacres of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta, for which reason it asks Japan for his extradition.

2008.- More than seventy people die when eight bombs explode in the Indian city of Jaipur, capital of the state of Rajsatan.

2009.- The European Commission fines the manufacturer of microprocessors Intel 1,060 million euros for abuse of a dominant position.

2009.- Discovery in Germany of the oldest Venus in the world (40,000 years).

2014.- The Court of Justice of the EU rules against the Google search engine and supports the “right to be forgotten” on the Internet.

2014.- 301 miners die in the biggest industrial accident in modern Turkish history.

2016.- Former President Cristina Fernández is being prosecuted for alleged economic damage to Argentina.

2017.- Pope Francis proclaims the little shepherds Jacinta and Francisco saints at Fatima.

2019.- Trade war: China announces that it will impose tariffs on US goods worth 60,000 million dollars.

2020.- The US puts Cuba on its list of countries that do not cooperate against terrorism.

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births

1699.- Marques de Pombal, Portuguese statesman.

1717.- Maria Theresa of Habsburg, Empress of Austria-Hungary.

1840.- Alphonse Daudet, French novelist.

1882.- George Braque, French cubist painter.

1907.- Daphne du Maurier, British writer.

1930.- Manuel Marulanda “tirofijo”, Colombian guerrilla leader (of the FARC).

1935.- Luciano Benetton, Italian businessman.

1938.- Giuliano Amato, Italian politician, former Prime Minister.

1950.- Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter.

1977.- Samantha Morton, British actress.

1979.- Carl Philip, Swedish prince.

1986.- Robert Pattinson, British actor.

deaths

1961.- Gary Cooper, American film actor.

1999.- Gene Sarazen, American golfer.

2003.- Marcos Zucker, Argentine actor.

2019.- Doris Day, American actress.

2022.- Teresa Berganza, opera and zarzuela singer, Spanish.

2022.- Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, Emir, President of the United Arab Emirates.

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Source: Elcomercio

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