November: In 1996 Fidel Castro visits Pope John Paul II in Rome

Likewise, in 1821 Panama achieved its independence. And in 1991 Magic Johnson announced that he had AIDS and left the sport.

Fidel and John Paul II

A strange encounter occurred in Vatican City, the November 19, 1996. Two men who represented quite opposing visions of humanity greeted each other, smiled and talked. “Holy Father, I hope to see you soon in Cuba,” Fidel Castro told John Paul II, after agreeing to the presence of the Pope in Havana.

Frank and Ava

After a short but very passionate romance, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner are married on November 7, 1951 in Philadelphia, United States. However, their relationship was very conflictive and unstable, so they finally divorced in 1957. Despite this, they were always in contact, until Ava passed away in 1990.

The Golden boy”

Diego Armando Maradona, world champion in Mexico 1986, greatest idol of the Argentine people, author of the twentieth century goal and the “hand of God” was found lifeless on the morning of November 25, 2020. The “golden kid” left this world due to acute heart failure that caused lung edema.

Diego Armando Maradona celebrates winning the World Cup in 1986. (Photo: AP Agency)

Other events in November

November 4th: Actor Ralph Macchio is born, famous for his participation in the film “Karate Kid”. (1961)

November 7: American basketball player Earvin “Magic” Johnson makes public that he suffers from AIDS and that he is retiring from the sport. (1991)

November 11th: The Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky, author of “Crime and Punishment” and “The Brothers Karamazov” is born. (1821)

November 24: Weakened by AIDS, the lead singer of the band Queen, Freddie Mercury, passes away. (1991)

November 26: The Argentine architect and sculptor Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize winner, is born. (1931)

November 28: Panama declares itself independent from Spain. (1821)

November 29th: The beautiful actress Natalie Wood drowns in a confusing incident. (1981)

Natalie Wood. (Foto: Agencia REUTERS)

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