February 29th Birthdays: What happened in the world on a day like today?

On a February 29thbut in 1692, the first arrest warrants were issued in the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts (United States).

OTHER ANIMALS

1720.- The Queen Ulrica Leonor from Sweden abdicates in favor of his wife, Frederick of Hessen.

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1836.- “The Huguenotsby the German composer Giacomo Meyerbeerdebut in Paris Opera (France).

1920.- Czechoslovakia approve your first Constitutionwhich establishes a parliamentary democracy and recognizes the Czech as an official language.

.- He Hungarian Parliament restores the monarchy with the implementation of a temporary regency that prevented the return of the dynasty of Habsburg to the throne.

1936.- Spanish writer and philosopher Miguel de Unamuno is invested doctor’honoris causa‘ for the University of Oxford.

1940.- The film “What the wind took” in Victor Fleming receives eight Oscar awards from the Hollywood Film Academy. The actress Hattie McDaniel She becomes the first African-American to win an Oscar.

1960.- A strong earthquake destroy the city Agadir (Morocco) and causes 12,000 deaths and thousands of injuries.

1988.- O Central African Republic commutes the self-proclaimed emperor Jean Bedel Bokassa the death penalty for forced labor in perpetuity.

nineteen ninety-six.- A Boeing 727 knock on Arequipa Airport and causes the death of 123 people on board, in the worst air accident in the history of Peru.

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2004.- The president of Haiti Jean Bertrand Aristide is knocked down by a coup d’etat and is forced to leave the country.

2016.- Argentina and several creditor investment funds sign an agreement in principle to resolve a 15-year legal dispute.

2020.- USA and the Taliban they sign a history peace agreement which seeks the progressive withdrawal of US troops deployed in Afghanistan.

BIRTHDAY

1792.- Gioachino RossiniItalian composer.

1908.- Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, BalthusFrench-Polish artist.

1952.- Oswaldo PayáCuban politician.

DEATHS

1868.- Louis Iking of Bavaria.

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1932.- Ramon CasasSpanish painter and poster artist.

2008.- Janet KaganAmerican science fiction writer.

2016.- Hannes LöhrGerman football player and football coach.

Source: Elcomercio

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