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April 24th birthdays: What happened in the world on a day like today?

On a April 24thbut in 2013, almost 1,200 died when a building housing several textile factories collapsed in Dhaka (Bangladesh).

OTHER ANIMALS

1701.- With the arrival at Spain in Philip V, begins the reign of Bourbon House.

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1704.- The first newspaper published in U.She “Letters from Boston”.

1800.- Foundation of US Library of Congress

1817.- The German inventor Carlos Drais presents to the public the first prototype of the bicycleO ‘dresina‘, which still didn’t have pedals.

1824.- To the United Provinces of Central America (Guatemala, The Savior, Honduras, Nicaragua It is Costa Rica) declare abolished slavery.

1834.- completes the civil war in Peru with the victory of Luis J. Orbegozo about Maquinhucayo.

1854.- The emperor Francisco José of Austria get married in Vienna with Elizabeth of WittelsbachSissy”.

1915.- Starts at Armenian genocideone of the greatest in history ottoman empire. One and a half million people die in the massacre.

1916.- They happen in Dublin O “Easter Resurrections”, the bloody revolt that accelerated the independence of Ireland of UK.

1918.- First World War: First battle in the history of armored carsbetween three British and three German tanks in the north of France.

1923.- Sigmund Freud publish in Vienna The thesis Das Ich and Es (The I and the Id), where the ideas of id, ego and superego appear for the first time.

1934.- The engineer Laurens Hammond patent in Chicago (USA) The electronic instrumentknown as Hammond Organ.

1950.- The Jordanian Government makes public the annexation of Arab Palestine for Jordan.

1953.- O Queen Elizabeth II Knights Winston Churchill.

1965.- O “Constitutionalist Revolution“destroyed in Dominican Republic to the triumvirate presided over by Donald Reid Cabralwith the idea of ​​replacing the former president John Bosch.

.- The bodies of the leader of the Portuguese opposition, Humberto Delgadoand his secretary are found by a shepherd nearby Badajoz (Spain).

1967.- First known fatal accident in the space race, when the “Soyuz” spacecraft and the Russian cosmonaut dies Vladimir Komarov.

nineteen ninety.- Launched in Discovery Bus with the space telescope Hubble.

1994.- Armando Calderon (ARENA) wins the presidential elections of The Savior.

nineteen ninety-six.- He Palestinian National Council remove from “National Charter”the clauses that call for armed struggle and the destruction of the State of Israel.

1999.- O NATO celebrate in washington its 50th anniversary with a summit of government officials at which the Organization’s new strategic concept was approved.

2000.- The Chilean writer Jorge Eduardo receive the Cervantes Prize.

2005.- Benedict XVI begins his pontificate with a solemn mass.

2007.- Scientists from European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere They discover a habitable planet outside our own solar system.

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2012.- Google spear Google Drivea tool for hosting texts, photos and videos in the cloud.

2014.- He Argentine Parliament approves the government project that validates the agreement reached with the Spanish company Repsol for the expropriation of 51% of the company’s shares YPF.

2018.- The dance Anata de Camilaca in Peru is declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation.

2021.- The president of U.S, Joe Bidenrecognizes as “genocide” the extermination of one and a half million Armenians at the hands of ottoman empire in 1915.

2022.- The liberal Emmanuel Macronre-elected president of France.

BIRTHDAY

1856.- Henri Philippe Pétainmarshal and president of France.

1904.- Willen de KooningAmerican painter.

1918.- Fernando Díaz-PlajaSpanish historian and writer.

1919.- Cesar ManriqueSpanish architect, painter, sculptor, decorator and urban planner.

1930.- José Sarneypresident of Brazil from 1985 to 1990.

1934.- Shirley MacLaineAmerican actress.

1942.- Barbara StreisandAmerican singer and actress.

1947.- Josep BorrellSpanish politician.

1952.- Jean-Paul GaultierFrench couturier.

1971.- Alejandro FernándezMexican singer.

DEATHS

1479.- Jorge ManriqueSpanish poet and writer.

1731.- Daniel DefoeBritish writer.

1918.- José MenéndezSpanish businessman, called “king of Patagonia”.

1986.- Wallis SimpsonDuchess of Windsor.

2004.- Estee LauderAmerican, creator of the cosmetics company that bears her name.

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2005.- Ezer WeizmanPresident of Israel (1993-2000).

2016.- Billy PauloAmerican vocalist.

2017.- Sebastian Palomo MartinezPalomo Linares“, Spanish bullfighter.

Source: Elcomercio

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