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2013 – JORGE BERGOGLIO. In Vatican City, the conclave of the College of Cardinals elects as pope the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who adopted the name Francis in honor of the saint of Assisi.

Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from Latin America and the first non-European since the Syrian Gregory III, who died in 741. He succeeded Benedict XVI, who had renounced the pontificate.

More anniversaries

1781 – WILLIAM HERSCHEL. From the garden of his house in the English town of Bath, the British German astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus, the seventh in the solar system, using a telescope designed by himself. Initially the planet was named “Georgium Sidus” (George’s Star) in honor of the British king.

Uranus. (NASA/Europa Press/DPA)

1904 – CHRIST THE REDEEMER. The monument to Christ the Redeemer of the Andes is inaugurated at the Uspallata Pass (Mendoza), on the Argentine-Chilean border line, at 3,854 meters above sea level, to commemorate the peaceful overcoming of a border conflict. The monument is the work of the Argentine sculptor Mateo Alonso.

Christ redeemer. (Archive)

1939 – NEIL SEDAKA. Born in the Brooklyn district (New York, USA), the American pianist, singer and composer Neil Sedaka, who in 2006 was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the author of the best-selling hit of the 21st century for his song Yellow.

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1963 – FITO PÁEZ. The musician, singer and composer Rodolfo “Fito” Páez, one of the greatest exponents of Argentine rock, who has won eight Grammy Awards, was born in the Santa Fe city of Rosario.

Fito Paez

1969 – APOLLO IX. The Apollo IX space mission, the third manned mission of the United States‘ Apollo program, returns to Earth after spending ten days in Earth orbit to test aspects critical to Moon landings, including engines and backpack life support systems. and those of navigation.

1993 – RAMÓN DIAZ. Forward Ramón Ángel Díaz plays for the last time with the River Plate shirt, in the match in which the “millionaire” tied 1-1 on his visit to San Martín de Tucumán. “Pelado” Díaz, who was sent off in that match, scored 84 goals and was five times Argentine champion with the River Plate shirt. As River coach, he won the 1996 Copa Libertadores de América, the 1997 Supercopa Sudamericana and seven national championships.

Ramon Diaz:

2005 – GABRIEL BATISTUTA. At the age of 36, when he was playing for Al Arabi of Qatar, striker Gabriel Omar Batistuta announced his retirement from football. Nicknamed “Batigol”, he was the all-time top scorer of the Argentine national team with 54 goals until 2016, when he was surpassed by Lionel Messi. He started his career at Newell’s Old, and then went through River Plate, Boca Juniors and the Italians Fiorentina, Roma and Inter.

Gabriel Batistuta.

2010 – ARGENTINA – CHILE. More than 100,000 people attend the solidarity festival “Argentina embraces Chile” in Buenos Aires, in which artists such as Ricardo Darín, Gustavo Santaolalla, Andrés Calamaro and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs participated and 60 tons of food, clothing and medicine were collected for the victims. of the devastating earthquake that shook the neighboring country on February 27, 2010.

Other anniversaries

1741.- Spanish admiral Blas de Lezo defeats the British fleet under the command of Edward Vernon in the battle of Cartagena de Indias in the Colombian Caribbean. 1781.- German astronomer Federic William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. 1809.- Revolution in Sweden against the Anglophile policy of King Gustav IV, who was deposed. 1844.- Carlos Antonio López is appointed constitutional president of Paraguay. He will remain in power until his death in 1862. 1848.- Revolutionary movement in Vienna, as a result of which Chancellor Metternich is dismissed. 1881.- Tsar Alexander II of Russia is assassinated. 1917.- Russian Revolution: Kerensky meets the Executive Council of Workers and Soldiers, which agrees to ask for the abdication of the Tsar. 1925.- Treaty between Cuba and the United States by which the latter renounces possession of the Isle of Pines in favor of Cuba. 1943.- The annihilation by the Nazis of the Jews of the ghetto of the Polish city of Krakow. Some 8,000 were destined to work in the Krakow-Plaszów concentration camp and the rest were exterminated in the streets or sent to die in Auschwitz. 1954.- The Franco-Vietnamese battle of Dien Bien Fu begins. 1969.- Return to Earth the Apollo MIR space station, seed of the current International Space Station. 1988.- The Seikan tunnel was inaugurated in Japan, the second longest railway tunnel in the world, measuring 53 km, almost half of which runs under the sea surface. 1979.- Maurice Bishop carries out a pro-Castro coup d’état on the island of Grenada. 1990.- Ertha Pascal Trouillot, the first woman appointed judge in her country, takes office as president of Haiti. 1995.- The First World Summit on Development concludes in Copenhagen. Social, with the approval of some agreements against poverty and marginalization.2009.- A hospital in Seville performs the world‘s first transplant of umbilical cord blood to a sick child donated by his brother born by genetic selection.2015.- The Government approves the reform of the Criminal Procedure Law that replaces the term accused with “investigated.”

Births

1711.- Nicolás Boileau, French poet.1869.- Ramón Menéndez Pidal, researcher of Spanish Literature and History.1898.- Henry Hathaway, American filmmaker.1900.- George Seferis (Giorgios Stylianou), Greek writer and diplomat, Nobel Prize of Literature 1963.1926.- Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez, Honduran politician.1943.- André Techine, French film director.1952.- Wolfgang Rihm, German musician and composer.1958.- Jorge Alberto González Barillas, “Mágico González”, Salvadoran soccer player .1987.- Marco Andretti, American racing driver.

Deaths

1850.- Juan Martín de Puyrredón, Argentine soldier. 1906.- Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist, initiator of the campaign to obtain the female vote in her country. 1937.- Manuel Serafín Pichardo, Cuban diplomat and poet. 1983. – Louison Bobet, French cyclist.1990.- Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nájera, Spanish psychiatrist.1996.- Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish filmmaker.2002.- Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher.2004.- Ustad Vilayat Khan, Indian musician.2009 .- Blanca Varela, Peruvian poet.2010.- Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter.2022.- William Hurt, American actor.

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