January 8th Birthdays: What happened in the world on a day like today?

On a January 8but in 1935, Elvis Presley, an American singer, was born.

OTHER ANIMALS

1537.- Creation of the first diocese of South Americathat of Cuzcoin Peru.

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1766.- An English flotilla seizes the egmont portin the Falkland Islands.

1918.- The American president Woodrow Wilson presents the so-called ‘14 points from Willson‘, a declaration of principles for achieving peace after the end of the First World War. Among them, he proposed free trade, the end of secret diplomacy and the creation of a Society of Nations.

1926.- Ibn Saud He is proclaimed king of the region of Hejadlater incorporated into the Saudi Arabia.

1937.- He US Congress establishes an arms embargo aimed at opposing parties in the Spanish civil war.

1959.- Fidel Castroat the head of his troops, he enters triumphantly To Havana.

1973.- In Mexico, Mexican Telesystem It is Independent Television in Mexico merge, creating the Televisa Group.

1979.- 50 people die in French oil tanker explosionBetelgeuse‘in Irish waters.

nineteen ninety-six.- More than 300 dead in cargo plane crash Antonov in a central market Kinshasa (Zaire).

2003.- A plane from turkish airlines hits when landing Diarbaquir (Türkiye). 75 of the 80 passengers die.

2004.- O Queen Elizabeth II baptize in Southampton he ‘Queen Mary 2′, the largest passenger ship in the world.

2007.- Belarus cuts off Russian oil supplies to PolandGermany and Ukrainewhich is not restored until three days later.

2011.- US congressman Gabrielle Giffords is injured with a shot to the head in Tucson, Arizona. Six people die in the shooting.

2014.- Former Cuban president Fidel Castro He reappears at the opening of an art studio, after nine months without appearing in public.

2015.- The Islamic militia Boko Haram kills hundreds of people in the northeast Nigeria.

2016.- Mexico arrest the drug dealer again Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmánsix months after his escape.

2017.- The musical’La La Terra‘make history in Golden Globes becoming the film with the highest number of awards won, a total of seven, all of which it aspired to.

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2020.- All 176 occupants of a car die Ukrainian plane shot down by mistake by a Iranian missile Close of Tehran.

2023.- Radical followers of the former Brazilian president JairBolsonaro invade the headquarters of Presidencyhe Parliament and the Supreme Court.

BIRTHDAY

1867.- Emily Greene BalchAmerican academic and writer, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.

1870.- Miguel Primo de Riveracoup general who governed Spain between 1923 and 1930.

1897.- Dennis WheatleyEnglish writer.

1912.- José FerrerPuerto Rican actor and film director.

1921.- Leonardo SciasciaItalian political writer.

1934.- Jacques AnquetilFrench cycling champion.

1939.- Carolina Pacaninsknown as Carolina Herrera, an American designer nationalized from Venezuela.

1942.- Stephen HawkingBritish scientist.

1947.- David BowieBritish singer, songwriter and actor.

1957.- Nacho DuatoSpanish dancer and choreographer.

1979.- Sarah PolleyCanadian actress.

1984.- Kim Jong Unleader of North Korea.

2000.- Noah CiroAmerican actress and singer.

DEATHS

1642.- Galileo GalileeItalian mathematician, physicist, astronomer and inventor.

1879.- Baldomero EsparteroSpanish general and politician, regent and president of the Government.

1896.- Paulo VerlaineFrench poet, creator of symbolism.

1941.- Roberto Baden-PowellBritish general, founder of the ‘Boy Scouts’.

1976.- Chu En-Laiformer Chinese Prime Minister.

nineteen ninety.- Jaime Gil de BiedmaSpanish poet.

nine hundred ninety-five.- Carlos MonzonArgentine boxer.

nineteen ninety-six.- François Mitterrandformer president of France.

1997.- Melvin CalvinoAmerican scientist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1961.

2002.- Alexander ProkhorovRussian physicist, Nobel Prize winner and one of the ‘fathers’ of the laser.

2007.- Iwao TakamotoAmerican cartoonist of Japanese origin.

2009.- Gaston LenotreFrench chef.

2012.- Alexis WeissenbergFrench pianist of Bulgarian origin.

2015.- Andrae CrouchAmerican gospel singer.

2016.- Otis ClayAmerican singer.

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2017.- Hashemi Rafsanjaniformer president of Iran (1989-1997).

2020.- Peter KirsteinBritish computer scientist who participated in the creation of the Internet.

2022.- Geraldo de la TorreMexican writer.

Source: Elcomercio

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