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In a August 3rdbut in 1492, the flotilla commanded by Christopher Columbus and made up of the three caravels -the “Pinta”, the “Niña” and the “Santa María”- set sail from the port of Palos de la Frontera (Huelva, Spain), with the hope of finding a new route to India, a journey that culminated in the discovery of America.
OTHER EVENTS
1778.- inauguration of La Scala in Milanwith the operaEurope Riconosciuta“, of Antonio Salieri.
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1798.- Ends after two days battle of the nile in which the British admiral nelson forces the remnants of the French fleet to surrender.
1804.- German geographer and naturalist Alexander Humboldt disembarks in Bordeaux after five years of expedition in America.
1821.- The general San Martin He becomes the supreme protector of Peru for as long as circumstances warrant.
1868.- The province of Buenos Aires replaces capital punishment with imprisonment, which will be a maximum of 20 years.
1900.- Harvey Samuel Firestone cover on Ohio the tire company that bears his name.
1914.- World War I: France, Belgium and Britain declare war on Germany.
1927.- The wireless telephone union is inaugurated Berlin-Buenos Aires.
1940.- World War II: Italian troops begin the conquest of the English Somali.
.- The USSR formally annexes the Baltic republics of Estonia and Lithuania.
1952.- The Helsinki Olympicsin which Russia participates for the first time after 40 years.
1958.- The American Nuclear Submarinenautilus” crosses for the first time the North Pole and crosses the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic.
1969.- bloody riots in Belfastwhich lasted 16 days.
1979.- Military coup in Equatorial Guinea against the president Maciasled by his defense minister, Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
1984.- First general strike in Argentina against the government of the president Raul Alfonsin.
1994.- He israeli parliament approves the agreement reached in Washington last July 25 for which Israel and Jordan they put an end to 46 years of state of war.
2001.- The American Citigroup culminates in Mexico the largest bank transaction recorded in Latin Americawhen closing the purchase operation of the majority of the capital of the Banamex Accival (Banacci) for 12,500 million dollars, making it the most important financial group in the country.
2005.- A coup in Mauritania overthrow the president Maaouya Ould Sid’Ahmed Tayawho was in Saudi Arabia.
.- The president of the Mint of Brazil, Manoel Severino dos Santosresigns from his position after being linked to the publicist Mark Valerio Fernandez for illegal financing for their electoral campaigns.
2011.- In an unprecedented event in the Arab world, the trial against the former Egyptian president begins hosni mubarakwho appears on a stretcher.
2014.- He Islamic State (IS) perpetrates a massacre against the Yazidi minority in sinjar (Iraq) with the murder of 5,000 men and the kidnapping and rape of some 7,000 women and children.
2015.- The old “strong man” of the former Brazilian president Lula da Silvathe former minister Jose Dirceuconvicted of corruption cases in 2005, returns to prison for the case Petrobras.
2016.- The US aviation regulator authorizes for the first time a private company to launch a mission to the Moon.
2019.- A young man kills 22 people and leaves 20 injured in a shooting at a shopping center in Step (Texas, USA).
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2020.- The king emeritus, Juan Carlos Iannounces by letter to his son Felipe VI who abandons Spain to reside abroad after alleged businesses and hidden accounts in Swiss.
2022.- In Mexico10 miners are trapped after a collapse in a coal mine in Coahuila and given the impossibility of being rescued, they end up dying.
.- American scientists restore blood circulation and other cellular functions in pigs one hour after they died, according to the magazine Nature.
BIRTHS
1823.- Francisco Asenjo BarbieriSpanish composer.
1872.- Haakon VIfirst king of Norway.
1903.- Habib BourguibaTunisian statesman.
1904.- dolores del rioMexican film actress.
1925.- Alain TouraineFrench sociologist and writer.
1926.- Tony BennettAmerican jazz legend.
1940.- martin sheenAmerican actor.
1941.- Martha StewartAmerican television communication mogul.
1944.- boy bravoSpanish singer-songwriter.
1950.- Ernest SamperColombian politician.
1986.- Charlotte Casiraghieldest daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco.
DEATHS
1924.- Joseph ConradBritish writer.
1954.- Gabrielle Claudine ColetteFrench writer.
1977.- Makarios IIIOrthodox archbishop and Cypriot politician.
1986.- Beryl Markhamthe first female pilot to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
1992.- Manuel BlascoSpanish painter and writer.
nineteen ninety five.- Ida LupinoBritish actress.
1998.- Alfred SchnittkeRussian composer.
2008.- Alexander SolzhenitsynRussian writer and Nobel Prize for Literature.
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2011.- bubba smithactor and former star of the National Football League.
2017.- angel grandsonSpanish motorcycling pilot.
2020.- john humeNorthern Irish politician.
Source: Elcomercio
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