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On July 22, 1944, the Bretton Woods (USA) economic conference ended, in which the creation of the International Monetary Fund and of the world Bank.
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Other ephemeris
1795.- The Peace of Basel is signed. The Roussillon War between France and Spain ends.
1812.- War of Independence: Battle of Arapiles (Salamanca). The Spanish-Anglo-Portuguese troops of the Duke of Wellington defeat the French of Marshal Marmont.
1844.- In Peru, the forces loyal to the president, General Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, are defeated by those of General Ramón Castilla in the battle of Carmen Alto, in Arequipa.
1894.- The first automobile race in history between Paris and Rouen ends, organized by “Le Petit Journal”.
1921.- “Annual Disaster” in the protectorate of Morocco. Spanish defeat before the Riffians of Abd-el-Krim, with 10,000 dead Spanish soldiers.
1924.- The Wagnerian festivals resume in Bayreuth, after the stoppage due to World War I, with the interpretation of “The Mastersingers”.
1934.- The bank robber John Dillinger is killed by FBI agents in Chicago (Illinois).
1941.- The radio station Radio España Independiente, “La Pirenaica”, begins to broadcast from Moscow to Spain.
1942.- Transfer of the first contingent of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp (Poland).
1944.- The Bretton Woods (New Hampshire, USA) economic conference ends, approving the creation of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1946.- 91 dead and 46 injured in the attack by Jewish terrorists against the “King David” hotel in Jerusalem.
1946.- The World Health Organization (WHO) is established in New York, at the conclusion of the International Sanitary Conference.
1951.- General Francisco Craveiro Lopes, elected president of Portugal in the elections as the only candidate.
1968.- The Government of Bolivia proclaims a state of siege due to riots caused by the delivery of a copy of “Che” Guevara’s diary to Fidel Castro.
1981.- The Turk Ali Agca, sentenced to life imprisonment in Rome for attempting to assassinate John Paul II.
1987.- The Moroccan Said Aouita establishes the world record of 5,000 meters (12:58.39), in Rome. First time under 13 minutes.
1992.- Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellín cartel, and nine other lieutenants escape from the Envigado prison (Colombia), where they were mutinying.
1993.- Launched the Ariane IV that carries Hispasat 1B, the second Spanish telecommunications satellite.
1994.- Bloodless military coup in Gambia that overthrows the president, Dauda Jawara, who goes into exile in Senegal. He is succeeded two days later by Lieutenant Yaya Dieme.
1999.- The shuttle Columbia takes off from Cape Canaveral (Florida), commanded for the first time by a woman, Commander Eileen Collins, which puts the Chandra X-ray observatory into orbit.
1999.- Microsoft launches MSN Internet Messenger, its instant messaging service from its MSN toolkit.
2003.- The US kills the two sons of Saddam Hussein, Quday and Uday, in an attack against Mosul.
2004.- The Portuguese José Manoel Durao Barroso receives the support of the European Parliament to chair the European Commission.
2004.- The Commission’s report on the 9/11 attacks establishes the responsibility of the US government and its espionage services for ignoring the threat of Al Qaeda.
2004.- Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque, the only convicted woman from the “Group of 75″ (2003), is released from prison for health reasons.
2005.- The Spanish Supreme Court rules that the Government request the extradition of 39 ex-soldiers and one civilian, for their crimes during the Argentine dictatorship.
2009.- Longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century. The star was completely hidden by the Moon for 6 minutes and 39 seconds.
2011.- Double attack on the Norwegian far-right Anders Behring Breivik. It causes 77 deaths, 69 young people from a Labor Youth camp in Utoya, and the rest in Oslo.
2012.- Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá dies in a traffic accident in the eastern part of the island.
2013.- Francisco begins his first trip to Latin America in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) to participate in World Youth Day.
2022.- Ukraine and Russia, at war over the Russian invasion, agree to unblock the export of Ukrainian cereals through a safe maritime corridor.
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births
1478.- Felipe I, “el Hermoso”, king consort of Castile.
1890.- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy clan.
1926.- Luis Sánchez Polack, “Tip”, Spanish humorist.
1932.- Oscar de la Renta, Dominican designer.
1939.- Terence Stamp, British actor.
1946.- Mireille Mathieu, French singer.
1946.- Petre Roman, Romanian politician.
1955.- Willem Defoe, American actor.
1955.- Juan Puigcorbé, Spanish actor.
1960.- Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Spanish fashion designer.
1963.- Emilio Butragueño, Spanish former soccer player.
1992.- Selena Gomez, American actress and singer.
deaths
1968.- Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer.
1972.- Max Aub, Spanish writer.
1998.- Antonio Saura, Spanish painter.
2001.- Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian.
2004.- Sacha Distel, French singer and songwriter.
2011.- Linda Christian, actress of Mexican origin.
2019.- Li Peng, former Chinese premier.
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Source: Elcomercio
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