April 22nd birthdays: what happened in the world on a day like today?

On April 22, 1997, Peruvian soldiers assaulted the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima and freed 71 of the 72 hostages held by the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) since the previous December 17. The 14 kidnappers, two soldiers and one hostage, die.

Other birthdays

1370.- Hugues Aubriot, rector of the merchants of Paris, lays the first stone of what will become the Bastille.

1500.- Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvarez Cabral discovers Brazil.

1509.- Henry VIII is crowned king of England.

1898.- American ships block Havana Bay (Cuba), the United States’ first act of war against Spain.

1915.- Inauguration of the National Theater of Havana, with the opera “Aida” by Verdi.

.- First World War. For the first time, chlorine gas is used for war purposes. They were launched by the Germans in Ypres (Belgium) against a French division.

1970.- The first Earth Day is celebrated.

1975.- The Superior Council of the Armed Forces of Honduras dismisses López Arellano, who is replaced by Colonel Juan Alberto Melgar Castro.

1981.- Around 10,000 Chilean miners at the El Teniente copper mine begin an all-out strike to demand better wages.

1985.- The trial of the Argentine Military Juntas that governed the country between 1976 and 1983 begins.

1992.- Chain explosions due to the accumulation of gases in the sewers of Guadalajara (Mexico) leave 200 dead, 1,500 injured and thousands of victims.

1995.- The Rwandan government army – controlled by the Tutsi ethnic group – opens fire on Hutu refugees in the Kibeho camp (2,000 dead).

2000.- Cuban boy Elián González is forcibly taken by federal agents from his relatives’ home in Miami (USA) and taken to his father’s home in Washington.

2004.- The explosion of a train carrying flammable materials at Ryongchon station (North Korea) causes the death of at least 176 people and more than 1,300 injuries.

2006.- The Government of Venezuela officially announces its departure from the Andean Community of Nations (CAN).

2010.- The Deepwater Horizon oil platform sinks off the coast of the United States, causing the biggest ecological catastrophe in the United States.

2012.- Microsoft launches Skype 1.0 for Windows Phone.

2015.- The European Union and Cuba formally resume their political relations and decide to open a structured dialogue on human rights on the island.

2016.- At least 175 countries sign the Paris Agreement against climate change at the United Nations.

2018.- Conservative Mario Abdo Benítez, leader of the Colorado Party, wins the presidential elections in Paraguay.

.- The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) elects Andrea Nahles as president, who becomes the first woman to head a party with 154 years of history.

2020.- Iran successfully launches its first military satellite.

2022.- The Ecuadorian justice system requests the extradition of former president Rafael Correa, a fugitive in Belgium and sentenced to eight years in prison for bribery.

Births

1724.- Emmanuel Kant, German philosopher.

1766.- Ana Luisa G. Nécker, “Madame Stael”, French writer.

1870.- Vladimir Ilich Ulianov, “Lenin”, leader of the Russian revolution and creator of the Soviet State.

1904.- Robert J. Oppenheimer, American physicist.

.1909.- Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian.

.- Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian-American scientist, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1986.

1916.- Yehudi Menuhin, British musician born in the USA.

1929.- Guillermo Cabrera Infante, writer, Cuban of British nationalized origin.

1937.- Jack Nicholson, American actor.

1982.- Ricardo Izecson Santos Leite, Kaká, Brazilian footballer.

Deaths

1616.- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer.

1988.- Ulrich Leman, German painter.

1991.- Juan José López Ibor, Spanish psychiatrist.

1992.- Juan Solano, Spanish composer of popular songs.

1994.- Richard Nixon, former president of the United States.

1996.- Jorge Teillier, Chilean poet.

2002.- Linda Boreman, American actress.

2020.- Marcos Mundstock, Argentine actor and comedian.

2022.- Martina Portocarrero, Peruvian singer, songwriter and folklorist.

Source: Elcomercio

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