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March 21st Birthdays: What happened in the world on a day like today?

On a March 21stbut in 2006, Jack Dorsey and three other partners founded the social network Twitter in San Francisco.

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1551.- Diego de Mazariegospartner of Hernán Cortes in conquering Mexicois appointed governor of Cuba and establishes his residence in To Havana.

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1788.- A fire devastates much of the city of New Orleansthen capital of Louisiana Spanish and is currently part of the U.S.

1811.- O Buenos Aires Council issues a decree banishing himself from the city of Cordoba for all spanish single.

1847.- Guatemala is definitely separated from Central American Federation and proclaims its independence.

1888.- A fire completely destroys the Baquet Theaterin Door (Portugal) and 80 people die.

1907.- Louis Blériot tests his first monoplane model, with which he would cross the English Channel on July 25, 1909.

1935.- Persia change your name to Willword that originates from Airana any “land of the Aryans”.

1940.- Premiere in Florida, U.Sof the movie Alfred HitchcockRebeca”.

1960.- 69 people die and almost 200 are injured in a protest against racist regime in South Africa In the city of Sharpeville.

1963.- The authorities of U.S They definitively close the federal prison in Alcatraz located in San Francisco Bay.

1975.- The far-right terrorist organization Triple Akidnaps and kills eight members of Peronist Youth in what is known as “Pasco massacre”.

1989.- The Paraguayan writer returns to his country after 42 years of exile Augusto Roa Bastos.

nineteen ninety.- Namibia becomes a sovereign state after 75 years of South African colonization.

1991.- It is created by law Cervantes Institute.

1994.- Fernando Trueba becomes the third Spanish director to achieve a Oscar for best foreign film for “Belle Époque“, after Luis Buñuel (for the French “The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie“) It is Jose Luis Garcia (per “Starting over“).

1999.- The Swiss Bertrand Piccard and the British Brian Jones They land in the desert Egypt completing the first around the world in a balloon no scales.

2001.- He space shuttle discovery returns to Earth with the first crew of the International Space Station on board.

2002.- A Nicaraguan judge opens a case against the former president Arnaldo Alemão for one fraud to the State of 1.3 million dollars.

2003.- A court of Illinois (USA) condemnation of the tobacco company Philip Morris pay $10.1 billion to various consumers for misleading advertising on “light” cigarettes.

2006.- The government of Ecuador declares a state of emergency in five provinces of the country, paralyzed by indigenous protests against the ACL negotiated by the Ecuadorian government and U.S.

.- The leader and founder of “Tupac Amaru” Revolutionary Movement, Victor Polay Camposis sentenced to 32 years in prison for terrorism by a Peruvian court.

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2010.- O US House of Representatives approves the healthcare system reform promoted by the president Barack Obama.

2015.- O “tide of the century”, a phenomenon that responds to the unusual alignment of the Sun and the Moonraises the waters of Atlantic up to a maximum of 14.6 meters in height.

2018.- The president of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynskiaccused of vote buying.

BIRTHDAY

1685.- JS Bach, one of the most important musicians in the history of Western music. (This date corresponds to the Julian calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, currently in force, the date would be March 31).

1806.- Benito Juarezpresident of Mexico and one of the promoters of his country’s independence.

1916.- Bismillah KhanIndian musician.

1932.- Walter GilbertoAmerican biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980.

1950.- Roger Hodgsonlead singer of the British music band Supertramp.

1955.- JairBolsonaroBrazilian President.

1960.- Ayrton SennaBrazilian Formula 1 driver.

1980.- Ronaldo de Assis MoreiraRonaldinho“, Brazilian football player.

DEATHS

1991.- Clarence Leo FenderAmerican musician.

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2001.- Chun Ju Yungfounder of the Hyundai industrial group and promoter of the reconciliation of the two Koreas.

2006.- Bernard LacosteFrench textile entrepreneur.

2020.- Kenny RogersAmerican country music singer.

2021.- Nawal al SaadawiEgyptian feminist writer.

Source: Elcomercio

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