Ephemeris of August 29: What happened in the world on a day like today?

In a August 29but from 1927, the telephone service between the cities of Mexico and Washington (USA) was inaugurated.

OTHER EVENTS

1825.- Portugal recognizes the separateness and independence of brazilian empire through a “compensation” of one million pounds sterling.

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1842.- final treaty of the opium war: China is forced to free trade already give up Hong Kong to Britain.

1862.- Giuseppe Garibaldi is defeated and taken prisoner in Aspromonte (Milan), ending two years of revolutionary movement. Garibaldi, was the promoter of Italian unification and the birth of the State with Victor Emmanuel II to the head.

1925.- is created in Mexico he National System of Federal High Schoolsestablishing an intermediate and separate educational level between the Preparatory and the University.

1929.- The German AirshipGraf Zeppelin” completes his first circumnavigation of the world in 20 days and 4 hours.

1932.- A thousand dead and hundreds wounded in the outbreak of a revolutionary movement in Ecuadorwhich later fails.

1949.- The Soviet Union try your first atomic bomb“first lightning“, of plutonium of about 20 kilotons, detonated in semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan).

1957.- It starts at Santa Fe (Argentina) the Constituent Convention for which it was decided to endorse the Constitution of 1853 and reform the Article 14a on labor rights.

1965.- The American Space CapsuleGemini V”, crewed by Gordon Cooper and Charles Conradreturns after breaking the record for a week in space.

1973.- The Egyptian president, Anwar el-Sadatmeets with the Libyan colonel Muammar al-Gadaffi in Cairo and imposes the abandonment of the union project of Libya and Egypt.

1975.- General’s coup Francisco Morales Bermudez against the president of Perugeneral Juan Velasco Alvarado.

1986.- hassan ii of Morocco announces the breaking of the union treaty with Libya signed two years earlier.

1991.- He soviet parliament approves the cessation of activities of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) throughout the USSR.

1997.- born Netflixthe platform by “streaming” created by Reed Hastings and Mark Randolph in California.

1994.- The Cuban president, Fidel Castroannounces the accession of Cuba to the Treaty of Tlatelolco against the proliferation of nuclear weapons in Latin America.

2003.- Eighty dead, including the spiritual leader of Iraq, Mohammed Baqir al-Hakimin an attack with a car-bomb in front of the imam ali mosque in najaf (Iraq).

2005.- More than 1,800 dead and more than a million displaced by the Hurricane Katrina”which floods 80% of Orleans and areas of Louisiana, Texas and Mississippithe costliest natural disaster in the history of USA. and the worst hurricane in a century.

.- The rock group “green Day” sweeps in Miami (USA) with seven awards “MTV Video Music Awards 2005″.

2009.- He discovery shuttle take off from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station with 7 astronauts on a 13-day mission.

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2018.- The former Chief Minister of Scotland alex salmond resigns from Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) following allegations of sexual harassment that he denies.

2021.- He Puerto Rico CubeSat NanoRocks-2 (PR-CuNaR2), the first Puerto Rican satellite designed and built on the island, launched into space from Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA).

2022.- He United Kingdom grants to Gibraltar the status of “city”, 180 years after it was first granted by the queen Victoriaa fact omitted for unknown reasons during all these years.

BIRTHS

1632.- John LockeEnglish philosopher.

1778.- Dominique IngresFrench painter and draughtsman.

1862.- Maurice MaeterlinckBelgian Nobel writer-1911.

1915.- Ingrid BergmannSwedish-American actress.

1923.- Richard S. AttenboroughBritish filmmaker.

1926.- Maria Dolores PraderaSpanish singer.

1958.- michael jacksonAmerican singer.

DEATHS

1935.- astridQueen of Belgium.

1960.- vicky baumAustrian writer.

1962.- Carlos Lavin AcevedoChilean composer.

1975.- Eamon de Valeranational founder and former president of Ireland.

1982.- Ingrid BergmannSwedish actress.

1987.- Lee MarvinAmerican actor.

2016.- Gene WilderAmerican actor.

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2018.- Erich LessingAustrian photographer for the Magnum agency.

2021.- Ed AsnerAmerican actor (journalist Lou Grant in the 1970s series “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”).

2022.- Charlbi DeanSouth African model and actress, Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Source: Elcomercio

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