Ephemeris of June 8: What happened in the world on a day like today?

In a 8 of June, but from 1972, Nick Ut, an Associated Press photographer, captures the photo of the girl Phan Thi Kim Phúc running naked from napalm thrown at her village in Vietnam. Pulitzer Prize 1973.

OTHER EVENTS

1518.- the navigator John of Grijalba discover in Mexico the river to which he gave the name of Tabascowhich was that of the cacique of that place.

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1595.- English privateers Amyas Preston and George Somers raid and burn Santiago de Leoncurrent Caracas.

1692.- Popular riot and burning of several public buildings in the Mexico City to the cry of “Long live the King and death to the bad government”.

1708.- The Galleon Saint Joseph It is sunk by English corsairs when it was heading to Cartagena de Indias loaded with gold and silver coins.

1867.- Santiago Vidaurri is shot in Mexicowho in another time was absolute owner of the States of Coahuila and New Lionfor his support of the emperor Maximilian I ally of the French.

1882.- Construction of the first tunnel of the Argentinian republicin the extension of the railway Tucuman to Jujuy.

1924.- The Havana Philharmonic Orchestra gives his first concert at the National theater from the capital of Cuba.

1949.- George Orwell publishes the novel1984″, political fiction in which he criticizes totalitarianism.

1968.- James Earl Raythe murderer of Martin Luther Kingis arrested in London.

1971.- The Chilean former minister Edmundo Perez Zujovic is assassinated by the armed group Organized Vanguard of the Peoplewho was blamed for the death of 11 people in the Puerto Mont massacre occurred on March 9, 1969.

1982.- 135 people die when a plane crashed Boeing in Brazil.

1983.- The Justice condemns the Spanish state to pay 518 million pesetas for the illegal closure of the newspaper “Madrid”.

1992.- It is proposed for the first time to celebrate the world oceans day coinciding with the earth summit celebrated in Rio de Janeiro. This day was institutionalized by the UN as of 2009.

1999.- the chilean judge Juan Guzman Tapia prosecutes a retired general and 4 former officers who in 1973 participated in the so-called “caravan of death”, which murdered dozens of political prisoners.

2001.- a court of Guatemala sentence the colonel Byron Lima Estradato his son Captain Byron Lima Oliva already a sergeant to 30 years in prison for the murder of the bishop Juan Gerardi in 1998.

2004.- Cuban authorities release dissidents Leonardo Bruzon, Carlos Dominguez, Emilio Leyva and Lazaro Miguel Rodriguez.

2010.- the peruvian poet Antonio Cisneros is awarded the Ibero-American Poetry Prize “Pablo Neruda” 2010.

2016.- He European Parliament gives the green light to the creation of a commission of inquiry into the papers of Panama.

2017.- Magazine Nature makes the discovery public Yebel Irhoud (Morocco) of the oldest known remains of the Homo sapiens.

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2021.- He Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals ratifies the life sentence of the Bosnian Serb ratko mladic.

2022.- US Olympic gymnasts ask for $1 billion from fbi for not stopping the abuses of Larry Nassar when he was a national team doctor.

BIRTHS

1671.- Thomas AlbinoniItalian composer.

1810.- Robert SchumanGerman composer.

1867.- Frank Lloyd WrightAmerican architect.

1873.- Jose Martinez Ruiz“Azorin“, Spanish writer.

1895.- Santiago Bernabeufootballer and president of Real Madrid.

1903.- Marguerite Yourcenar (Marguerite Crayencour), French writer.

1916.- Luigi ComenciniItalian filmmaker.

1921.- Mohammed SuhartoIndonesian general and dictator.

1927.- Guillermo Luca de Tenajournalist and Spanish press businessman.

1928.- Gustavo GutierrezPeruvian priest, founder of the “liberation theology” movement.

1950.- sonia bragaBrazilian actress.

1951.- Bonnie TylerBritish singer.

1955.- Tim Berners-LeeBritish scientist, creator of the World Wide Web (WWW).

1960.- mick hucknallBritish musician.

1962.- nick rhodesBritish musician.

DEATHS

632.- Muhammadfounder and prophet of Islam.

1876.- Aurore Dupin“George Sand”, French novelist.

1990.- Jose Figueres Ferrerformer president of Costa Rica.

1993.- severo sarduyCuban writer.

nineteen ninety five.- Juan Carlos OnganiaArgentine dictator.

2003.- Hector CabreraVenezuelan singer.

2010.- porfi jimenezDominican musician.

2017.- Ernesto “Tito” BridgesCuban musician.

2018.- Maria Esther BuenoBrazilian tennis legend.

2019.- Andre MatosBrazilian musician.

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2020.- Manuel FelguerezMexican abstract artist.

2021.- Edith MoskovicFrench-born Hungarian activist and Holocaust survivor.

2022.- Paula RegoPortuguese painter.

Source: Elcomercio

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