November 25th birthdays: what happened in the world on a day like today?

On November 25, 1960, the Mirabal sisters were murdered by the regime of dictator Rafael Leónicas Trujillo, in the Dominican Republic. The date was chosen to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

OTHER ANIMALS

1491.- The agreement is signed by which Boabdil would hand over Granada to the Catholic Monarchs, the last episode of the Spanish Reconquista. The surrender took effect on January 6, 1492.

1897.- In Spain, the liberal government of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta signs a decree granting autonomy to Cuba and Puerto Rico.

1915.- Albert Einstein presents the theory of relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

1965.- The head of the Congolese Armed Forces, Joseph Mobutu, carries out a coup d’état and takes power.

1970.- Yukio Mishima, one of the greatest Japanese writers, commits suicide by committing harakiri.

1973.- Officers of the Greek Army, commanded by Dimitrios Ioannidis, head of the Military Police, overthrow the colonels’ regime.

1975.- Suriname declares independence from the Netherlands.

1984.- The Colorado Party wins the first democratic elections in Uruguay after eleven years of dictatorship.

1987.- Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes receives the Cervantes Prize.

– The President of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, receives the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, in recognition of his disarmament proposals.

1991.- Japan leads the world and begins broadcasting regular high-definition TV (HDTV) programming.

1998.- The House of Lords rejects the immunity of Chilean general Augusto Pinochet, meaning he could be prosecuted and extradited.

1999.- Cuban boy Elián González is rescued floating on a tire, after the boat in which he was fleeing to the state of Florida capsized, an event that generated a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Cuba.

2013.- The governing party Juan Orlando Hernández wins the presidential elections in Honduras.

2019.- Peru’s Constitutional Court votes in favor of the release of opposition leader Keiko Fujimori, in pre-trial detention while being investigated for alleged money laundering.

– Overwhelming victory for the pro-democratic bloc in local elections in Hong Kong, after previous protests in this Chinese city under special administration.

2021.- An accident in a coal mine in the Kemerovo region, in Siberia (Russia) leaves 51 dead.

2021.- The Spanish-Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa is elected member of the French Academy.

BIRTHDAY

1562.- Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright and poet.

1845.- José María d’Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist.

1881.- Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Pope John XXIII.

1914.- Joe Dimaggio, American baseball player, ex-husband of Marilyn Monroe.

1915.- Augusto Pinochet, former president of Chile.

1951.- Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Spanish writer and journalist.

1960.- John F. Kennedy Jr, lawyer, son of the assassinated US president.

DEATHS

1560.- Andrea Doria, Genoese admiral and statesman.

1885.- Alfonso XII, king of Spain.

1958.- Victor de la Serna y Espina, Spanish writer and journalist.

2016.- Fidel Castro, leader of the Revolution and former president of Cuba.

2017.- Julio Cabrales, Nicaraguan poet.

2020.- Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballer.

2022.- Héctor Bonilla, Mexican actor and politician.

Source: Elcomercio

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