March 18th Birthdays: What happened in the world on a day like today?

On a March 18thbut in 1938, Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas nationalized oil and expropriated foreign oil companies.

OTHER ANIMALS

1526.- Francis IKing of Francecome back to Paris after his captivity in Madrid after battle of pavia.

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1861.- After seventeen years of independence, the former colony of Santo Domingo returns to the hands of Spain.

1700.- Creation of Berlin Academy of Sciences.

1870.- Premiere on Milan Scala from the operaThe guarani“, from the Brazilian Carlos Gomes.

1871.- The conflict that gave rise to “Paris Commune”, the first experience of popular socialist government in Europe which ended with a bloody repression in May of that year.

1891.- More than 500 people died in the sinking of the English steam “Utopia”at the entrance of Port of Gibraltar.

1901.- The Romanian inventor Traian Vuia makes the first flight with a self-propelled aircraft Heavier than air.

1902.- The Italian tenor Enrico Caruso makes his first phonographic recording, “I wore the giubba” in Leoncavallo.

1913.- Murdered King George I of Greece in Thessaloniki.

1915.- First World War: The Allied fleet undertakes the main attack against the narrowest point during the Battle of the Dardanelles (also known as Gallipoli), as part of its offensive against the Ottoman army.

1921.- He Red Army suppresses the rebellion of sailors from Kronstadtheroes of the Russian revolution for rising against the tsar in 1917.

1922.- Gandhifather of independence Indiais sentenced to six years in prison.

1937.- Encyclical “Divini Redemptoris“, in Pius XIagainst him communist atheism.

1940.- Adolf Hitler It is Mussolini they meet in Brenner Passin the north of Italythe third of the meetings held between the two politicians.

1941.- Opens its doors to visitors for a few hours, the Washington National Galleryone of the most important museums in the U.S.

1944.- British plane bomb Frankfurt.

1949.- USA, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands It is Luxembourgthey sign a mutual defense pact20 years of duration supervised by the NATO.

1960.- General strike in industry copper in Pepper.

1962.- France recognizes independence Algeria after Évian Agreements.

1965.- The Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov first human being to perform a space walk.

1975.- UK agree to join the European Common Market.

1984.- The Uruguayan general Liber Seregni He is released after seven years in prison for political reasons.

1986.- Cohabitation in France: the French socialist president, François Mitterrandappoints conservative prime minister Jacques Chiracwinner in the elections.

nineteen ninety.- The old German Democratic Republic (RDA) celebrates its first free electionsin which 92.88% of its citizens participated.

2001.- O French left conquest for the first time in more than a century Paris Mayor’s Office.

2002.- O National Geographic Society announces the discovery of a large Inca archaeological complex in a jungle area of ​​the department of Cuzcoin Peru.

2003.- Mahmoud Abbas named Palestinian prime minister.

2008.- Angela Merkel becomes the first German head of government to speak before the Knesset (Israeli Parliament).

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2014.- Signature of annexation from the Crimean Peninsula for Russiatwo days after referendum won by incorporation supporters and not recognized internationally.

2015.- 23 people dead, two of them Spanish tourists, after an attack in Bardo Museum in Tunisia claimed by Islamic state.

2022.- He Spanish government endorses the plan for the first time Moroccan autonomy for the Sahara in exchange for collaboration in migratory flows and non-intervention in Ceuta It is Melilla.

BIRTHDAY

1842.- Stephane MallarmeFrench poet.

1844.- Nicolai Rimsky-KorsakovRussian composer.

1858.- Rodolfo DieselGerman engineer, inventor of the engine that bears his name.

1869.- Arthur Neville ChamberlainBritish politician.

1897.- Gerardo Matos RodríguezUruguayan, author of tangos.

1905.- Roberto DonatoBritish actor.

1911.- Gabriel CelayaSpanish poet.

1913.- René ClementeFrench film director.

1929.- Fidel Ramospresident of the Philippines.

1932.- John UpdikeAmerican writer and journalist.

1936.- Frederick de KlerkSouth African politician, shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela.

1941.- Wilson PickettAmerican singer.

1959.- Luc BessonFrench filmmaker.

1969.- JimmyMoralesactor, writer and politician, 50th president of Guatemala.

1970.- Queen LatifahAmerican actress and singer.

DEATHS

1781.- Anne Robert Jacques TurgotBaron de L’Aulne, French economist.

1907.- Marcelino BerthelotFrench chemist.

1965.- Farouk Iformer king of Egypt.

1977.- Carlos PaceBrazilian driver.

1980.- Eric DeGerman psychoanalyst.

1983.- Humberto II of Savoyformer king of Italy.

1984.- Dario SamperColombian writer and journalist.

nineteen ninety-six.- Odysseus ElitisGreek poet, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize.

2001.- John PhillipsAmerican singer.

2004.- Harrison McCainAmerican food entrepreneur.

2008.- Arthur C. ClarkeBritish writer.

2009.- Meira DelmarColombian poet.

2010.- Fess ParkerAmerican actor.

2011.- Warren Christopherformer US Secretary of State.

2012.- George Tupou Vking of Tonga.

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2017.- Chuck BerryAmerican singer.

2018.- Otoniel Quintanaformer Colombian football player.

2023.- Francisco RodónPuerto Rican painter.

Source: Elcomercio

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