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December 6th Birthdays: What happened in the world on a day like today?

On a December 6but in 1982, members of the Guatemalan Armed Forces carried out the massacre in the village of Las Dos Erres, in the department of La Libertad (north), in which 162 of its inhabitants were murdered, including 67 children and girls under the age of 12. old.

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1534.- Foundation of the city of San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador) per Sebastian de Belalcázar It is Diego de Almagro.

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1810.- The Mexican priest Nobleman decrees the freedom of slaves.

1820.- Pasco Combat (Peru), where the Spanish Juan Antonio Álvarez Arenalesat the head of the American troops, the royal army he commanded defeated O’Reilly.

1842.- Fruit Riverconstitutional president of Uruguay and leader of Colorado Partyloses military control of the country, after its army is defeated by troops from Manuel Oribe at the Battle of Arroio Grande.

1866.- The Argentine general Felipe Varela proclaims a manifesto of rebellion against the Government of Bartolomé Mitera revolt that was suppressed on the following April 1st.

1877.- The newspaper is founded Washington Post.

1880.- The Decree establishing good air as capital of Argentina.

1883.- O Constituent Assembly approves the Political Constitution from the Republic of El Salvador.

1914.- Mexican revolutionary leaders Pancho Villa It is Emiliano Zapata They make their triumphant entry into the capital of Mexico.

1917.- Finland an independent state is declared.

1978.- O Spanish approve in referendum the new Constitution.

1989.- Marc Lepinea 25-year-old anti-feminist, murders 14 women in Montreal School of Engineering and causes injuries to 13 other people before committing suicide.

1992.- More than 200 people die in riots caused by Hindu fundamentalists when they demolish a mosque in Ayodhyanorth of the state of Uttar Pradesh.

1998.- Hugo Chavez wins the presidential elections in Venezuela with him Fifth Republic Movement (MVR).

2001.- New Zealand sailor murdered Pedro Blakewinner of Copa America in 1995 and 2000.

2002.- The countries of Mercosur and the Andean Community of Nations to enter Brasilia an agreement to build a South American free trade zone.

2004.- Cuba release the journalist Jorge Olivera Castillothe seventh opponent of Group of 75 released

.- 12 people die in an attack Al Qaeda against the consulate of USA in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

2005.- 116 people die in military plane crash Hercules C-130 against a building on the outskirts of the city of Tehran, Will.

2007.- The collision of a Hong Kong oil tanker with a South Korean cargo ship causes the spill of 10,000 tons of crude oil South Korea.

2009.- Evo Moralesre-elected president of Bolivia with more than 60% of the votes.

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2014.- Former Chinese security minister arrested Zhou Yongkangand expelled from Communist Party (PCC), accused of corruption and leaking state secrets.

2015.- The opposition alliance Democratic Unity Table (MUD) wins the legislative elections in Venezuela after obtaining 99 deputies compared to 46 of the chavismo.

2016.- Angela Merkel she is re-elected president of the German party CDU.

2017.- The President of the USA, donald trumpannounces the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel and orders the transfer of the American embassy there.

2020.- He chavismo obtains 91% of the seats in the new Parliament of Venezuelaaccording to him National Electoral Council, in the legislative elections. They were not recognized by OAS not even European Union and in them there was 69.50% abstention.

2021.- The Burmese opposition Suu Kyi She is sentenced to four years in prison.

2022.- Argentine vice president Cristina Kirchner She is sentenced in the first instance to 6 years in prison and disqualified for the rest of her life for corruption crimes during her government.

BIRTHDAY

1900.- German ArciniegasColombian writer and historian.

1929.- Alain TannerSwiss filmmaker.

1942.- Peter HandkeAustrian writer and filmmaker.

1993.- Elián González Brotonsthe Cuban boy returned to Cuba by the US.

DEATHS

1658.- Baltasar GracianoSpanish writer.

1865.- Sebastián de Iradier and SalaverriSpanish composer.

1873.- Manuel AcuñaMexican romantic poet.

1892.- Werner SiemensGerman engineer and industrialist.

2017.- Johnny HallydayFrench singer.

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2020.- Tabaré Vázquezformer Uruguayan president.

2021.- Masayuki UemuraJapanese computer engineer and video game producer.

.- Mila MoreiraBrazilian actress and writer.

Source: Elcomercio

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