Ephemeris of August 11: What happened in the world on a day like today?

He August 11 In 1772, a violent eruption sank the “Papadang” volcano on the island of Java, burying 40 villages and causing 3,000 deaths. The mountain went from being 3,000 meters to 1,700.

OTHER EVENTS

1492.- the cardinal Borja Rodrigo is elected Pope with the name of Alexander VIsecond Spaniard to rise to the pontifical throne.

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1675.- The first stone is laid on the Royal Astronomical Observatory of Greenwich in England.

1711.- For the first time the horse race is run Royal Ascotin England.

1762.- Havana is attacked by an English squadron and the city surrenders the next day during the war between England and Spain.

1772.- he sinks Papadang volcanoon the island of Java: 3,000 dead. The mountain dropped from 3,000 to 1,700 meters.

1825.- The Assembly meeting in Sucre adopt for him Upper Peru the denomination of Bolivar Republicwhich later remained in Bolivian Republic.

1906.- The French Eugen Lauste patents a sound film process.

1912.- abdication of mulay-hafidsultan of Morocco.

1929.- Chaim Weizmann cover on zurich the jewish agency during the 16th Zionist Congress.

1951.- Women participate in the first elections in Argentina in which he is reelected Juan Domingo Peron.

1952.- He Jordanian Parliament deposes the King Talal due to a neurological disorder and your child hussein The new monarch is appointed.

1954.- Guatemala: the Junta assumes absolute power and dissolves left-wing parties and organizations.

1961.- mass strike in Chili of the railway, steel and copper mining sectors, which affect some 25,000 workers.

1967.- A group of students take the Central House of the Catholic University of Santiago of Chili in the biggest visible milestone of the University reform in this country.

.- He Nigerian Government declare war on biafra.

1975.- USA vetoes the admission of the two Vietnam in the United Nations Organization.

1979.- Morocco the Mauritanian Sahara.

1980.- is created in Montevideo (Uruguay) the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI).

1988.- meeting in Peshawar (Pakistan) between bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri where what would later be known as the terrorist organization was created Al Qaeda (Base).

1989.- The American space probeVoyager 2″ discovers two partial rings around the planet Neptuneconfirming some scientific predictions.

nineteen ninety five.- Israel and the Palestinian National Authority sign an agreement on the extension of the autonomy of occupied west bank.

1999.- Last solar eclipse of the century, which is total for two minutes in a strip 14,000 kilometers long between North Atlantic and the gulf of bengal.

.- The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavezswears in his new position before the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) after having done so on the Constitution.

2003.- Argentina ratifies the treaty on the imprescriptibility of crimes against humanity.

.- The NATO assumes command of the International Force for Assistance and Security in Afghanistan (Isaf), the first mission in its history outside Europe.

.- Microsoft begins to investigate a virus known as worm blaster notified by their technical support services.

2006.- He United Nations Security Council dictates resolution 1701 that demands the cessation of hostilities in the south of the Lebanon between hezbollah and the israeli army.

.- The German writer gunter grass acknowledges for the first time in an interview that he served in the Waffen-SSthe fighting force under Hitler’s command during the World War II.

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2011.- stopped in Mexico one of the most wanted assassins, Oscar Osvaldo Garcia Montoya “the compayito”, author of at least 300 homicides.

2012.- Two earthquakes of 6.2 and 6 degrees leave 306 dead in the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan.

2015.- An Egyptian military court sentences 250 supporters of the ousted president to life imprisonment, Mohamed Mursi.

2016.- The presidents of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroand Colombia, Juan Manuel Santosagree to the gradual opening of the border between the two countries, closed since 2015 by decision of Caracas.

2017.- Mexico confirms the death of the Spanish Pilar Garridodisappeared in Tamaulipas. Her husband is arrested on August 30.

.- The Canadian musician Neil Young publish “hitchhiker”, unpublished since 1976.

2019.- President Mauricio Macri suffers a defeat in the primaries against the Peronist Alberto Fernandezwhich causes the collapse of the Argentine peso.

.- Alejandro Giammattei is elected president of Guatemala.

2020.- Russia records Sputnik-Vthe world’s first vaccine against COVID-19.

2022.- The Latvian parliament declares Russia “state sponsor of terrorism”.

BIRTHS

1913.- angus wilsonBritish writer.

1919.- Andrew CarnegieAmerican businessman and philanthropist from Scotland.

1921.- alex haleyAmerican writer.

1926.- Aaron KluggBritish molecular biologist of Lithuanian origin, Nobel Prize in Chemistry-1982.

1928.- I fight gaticaChilean singer.

1933.- Tamas VasaryHungarian concert pianist and conductor.

1943.- pervez musharrafPakistani politician.

1950.- Steve WozniakAmerican philanthropist and co-founder of Apple.

1957.- Agnes de la FressangeFrench model and designer.

1959.- Carlos BerlangaSpanish musician, from the bands Kaka de Luxe, and Alaska y los Pegamoides.

1965.- Viola DavisAmerican actress.

1967.- Enrique BunburySpanish singer.

1983.- Chris HemsworthAustralian actor.

DEATHS

1253.- Santa ClaraItalian, founder of the Poor Clares.

1956.- Jackson PollockAmerican painter.

1994.- Peter CushingBritish actor.

nineteen ninety six.- raphael kubelikCzechoslovakian composer, pianist and conductor.

2009.- Valery Lazarovproducer and television director.

2014.- robin williamsAmerican actor.

2018.- Vidiadhar Surajprasad NaipaulBritish writer of Indian origin and Nobel Prize winner.

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2021.- Gianluigi GelmettiItalian conductor.

2022.- Manuel OjedaMexican actor.

.- Hanai MoriJapanese designer.

Source: Elcomercio

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