1799 - Coalición de Gran Bretaña, Austria y Rusia contra Francia.
1802 - Se inaugura en Buenos Aires la Escuela de Medicina.
1803 -
Ohio is admitted as the 17th
U.S. state, retroactive from August 7, 1953.
1810 -
Frédéric Chopin was born (d. 1849). Polish-French composer and pianist.
1815 -
Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on
Elba.
1828 - En la guerra entre salvadoreños y guatemaltecos, éstos derrotan al Ejército de El Salvador en la batalla de Chalchuapa.
1843 - Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco se declara en Lima Director Supremo de la República de Perú.
1852 - Comienza en Uruguay la presidencia de Juan Francisco Giró, apoyado por el Partido Blanco.
1852 - Théophile Delcassé was born (d. 1923). French statesman.1854 - German pyschologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in the canal near Charlottenburg. 1865 -
Abe Iso was born (d. 1949). Japanese politician.
1871 -
Ben Harney was born (d. 1938). American composer and ragtime pianist.
1873 - Henry Comstock discovers the
Comstock Lode in Virgina City, Nevada.
1873 - José Ellausi accede a la Presidencia de la República de Uruguay.
1879 - Bolivia declara la guerra a Chile, en la que el primero de estos países perdió todo su litoral del Pacífico.
1879 - Aparece la segunda parte de Martín Fierro, popularmente conocida como "La vuelta".
1880 - Sir Isaac Shoenberg was born (d. 25 Jan 1963). Russian-Born British electrical engineer and principal
inventor of the first high-definition television system, as used by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for the world's first public high-definition telecast (from London, 1936).
1881 - Foi fundada a Livraria Lello & Irmão.
1886 - Oskar Kokoschka was born (d. 1980). Austrian painter, graphic artist, and poet, (Erasmus Prize 1960).1888 - Ewart Astill was born (d. 1948). English cricketer.1889 - Watsuji Tetsuro was born (d. 1960). Japanese ethicist and philosopher.1890 - Benito Quinquela Martín was born. Argentine artist.
1891 - Se firma en España el laudo arbitral sobre los límites entre Venezuela y Colombia.
1893 -
Mercedes de Acosta was born (d. 1968). American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite.
1894 - Na primeira eleição direta para presidente do Brasil, o País elege Prudente de Morais.
1896 - The Italian invasion, with 100,000 troops, was defeated.
1896 -
Moriz Seeler was born (d. 1942). German writer, poet, film producer, and man of the theatre.
1898 - Campos Salles, candidato único, é eleito Presidente da República (Brasil).
1899 - In
Afghanistan Capt. George Roos-Keppel makes a sudden attack on a predatory band of Chamkannis that have been raiding in the Kurram Valley and captures 100 prisoners with 3,000 head of cattle.
1902 - Rodrigues Alves vencia as eleições presidenciais do Brasil, sucedendo a Campos Salles.
1904 -
Glenn Miller was born. American bandleader: Moonlight Serenade, In the Mood, Little Brown Jug, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, String of Pearls, Tuxedo Junction, Perfidia; led WWII U.S. Army Air Force Band; presumed dead after his plane disappeared over the English Channel ( Dec 15, 1944).
1905 - Aparece en Argentina el diario "La Razón", fundado por Emilio Morales.
1906 - Manuel Félix Ribeiro was born in Veiros do Alentejo (d. 28 Apr 1982). Portuguese cinematographer, and founder of Cinemateca Portuguesa.
1910 -
David Niven was born (d. 29 Jul 1983) English actor, (Academy Award-winning actor: Separate Tables [1958]; The Moon is Blue, Paper Tiger, The Pink Panther, The Guns of Navarone, Around the World in 80 Days, Casino Royale).
1910 - No Brasil, Marechal Hermes é eleito presidente, vencendo Rui Barbosa, por 403 mil a 223 mil votos.
1914 - Ralph Ellison was born (d. 1994). American writer.1917 - Robert Lowell was born (d. 1977). American poet.1917 -
Harry Caray was born (d. 1998). American sports broadcaster.
1919 - Entra en vigor en Uruguay la nueva Constitución redactada por la Asamblea Constituye.
1920 -
Max Bentley was born (d. 1984). Canadian hockey player.
1921 - The city
Kiryu, located in
Gunma, Japan, is founded.
1923 -
Kuczka Péter was born (d. 1999). Hungarian writer, poet and Science Fiction editor (d. 1999)
1924 - China: los comunistas son admitidos en el Kuomintang.
1924 - Louise-Marie Amélie dies (b. 1858). Daughter of
Leopold II of Belgium, wife of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
1926 -
Cesare Danova was born (d. 1992). Italian-born American TV and film actor.
1926 - Camilo Pessanha dies (b. 1867). Portuguese poet / Morreu de tuberculose o poeta português
Camilo de Almeida Pessanha (Clepsidra) (n. em Coimbra em 1867) .
1927 - Rui de Carvalho was born. Portuguese actor.
1932 - Se funda el Danubio Footbal Club, de Montevideo, Uruguay.
1934 - Henry Pu Yi was crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria.1936 - Mikhail Kuzmin dies (b. 1871). Russian writer.1939 -
Leo Brouwer was born. Cuban composer and guitarist.
1940 - 12th Academy Awards: "Gone with the Wind", Robert Donat & Vivien Leigh win.
1944 -
Roger Daltrey was born. English rock musician (
The Who)( Pinball Wizard, Won’t Get Fooled Again; solo: Without Your Love, Giving It All Away; actor: Tommy, Lisztomania, The Legacy and McVicar).
1945 - O Irão declarou guerra ao Japão e à Alemanha.
1946 - Panamá accepts its new constitution.1947 -
Alan Thicke was born. Canadian actor and songwriter.
1947 - Tomás Berreta is elected President of Uruguay.
1948 - Winston Rodney, aka
Burning Spear, was born, Jamaican roots rock reggae singer and musician.
1949 - Indonesia seizes
Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
1950 -
Chiang Kai-shek resumed the Presidency of National China on Formosa.
1950 - Alfred Korzybski dies (b. 3 July 1879). Polish-born American
scientist and philosopher.
1952 - Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns.
1952 -
Martin O'Neill was born. Northern Irish footballer and football manager.
1953 - Evacuación de las últimas tropas británicas de la India.
1954 -
Ron Howard was born. American actor, director, producer (Emmy Award-winning producer: From the Earth to the Moon [1998]; actor: The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days, American Graffiti; director: Night Shift, Splash, Cocoon, Backdraft, Apollo 13).
1955 - Na África do Sul, o apartheid foi alargado ao ensino primário.
1956 - Promulgación en Guatemala de una nueva Constitución.
1958 - Nik Kershaw was born in Bristol England, singer/songwriter (Wouldn't it be Good).
1961 - First elections held in
Uganda and it becomes self-governing.
1962 - Antonio Harrison is elected President of Uruguay.
1962 - O Paquistão anuncia uma nova constituição, estabelecendo um sistema de governo presidencialista.
1963 -
Ron Francis was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
1963 -
Irish Meusel dies (b. 1893). American baseball player.
1965 - Un terremoto causa la muerte de 400 personas en Valparaíso (Chile).
1966 - Horacio Acavallo gana el título mundial de boxeo al vencer a Takayama.
1968 - Country music stars Johnny Cash and June Carter got married on this day.
1969 - During a performance at
Miami's Dinner Key Auditorium,
Jim Morrison of
the Doors is arrested for exposing himself during the show. Morrison is officially charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent behavior, open profanity and public drunkenness.
1969 -
Litefoot was born. Native American rapper.
1974 - The Ethiopian government of Makonnen Endelkacaw (1927-1974) formed.
1974 -
Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the
Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
1975 - 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win.
1976 -
Bradford Bishop bludgeoned his mother, spouse and three children to death and is still at large.
1976 -
Peter Bell was born. Australian AFL player.
1979 - España: elecciones generales. Vence la Unión de Centro Democrático de Adolfo Suárez.
1980 -
Dixie Dean was born (d. 1907). English footballer.
1980 -
Wilhelmina dies (b. 1940). High-fashion model and owner of model agency.
1981 - Daniel Ortega es nombrado coordinador de la Junta de Gobierno de Nicaragua.
1981 -
Will Power was born. Australian racing driver.
1985 - A Suécia foi a primeira nação a legislar sobre a inseminação artificial.
1985 - Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworns as President of Uruguay.
1991 - España: el Tribunal Constitucional exige el idioma catalán para los funcionarios de la Generalidad de Cataluña. 1991 -
Edwin H. Land dies (b. 1909). American inventor and physicist whose one-step process for devoloping and printing photographs culminated in a revolution in photography unparalleled since the advent of roll film. He found the Polaroid Company.
1992 - Bosnia-Herzegovina declara su independencia de Yugoslavia.
1993 - Luis Kutner dies (b. 1908). American human rights activist, co-founded Amnesty International in 1961.
1994 - At the
36th Grammy Awards: Whitney Houston won best female pop vocalist and record of year for "I Will Always Love You" "The Bodyguard" won album of the year and Toni Braxton os the best new artist.
1994 - Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as President of Finland.
1995 - At the 37 th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Sheryl Crow won record of the year for "All I Wanna Do" while Tony Bennett's "MTV Unplugged" was named best album.1995 -
Daniel Sleator announces his intentions to commercialize the
Internet Chess Server (ICS) himself, renames it the Internet Chess Club, or ICC, and charges a yearly membership fee of $49 to howls of protest.
1995 - Vitaly Massol resigned as Ukraine premier.
1995 - Julio Maria Sanguinetti was sworn in as President of Uruguay.
1995 -
Vladislav Listyev dies (b. 1956). Russian journalist, anchor, and director of ORTV.
1995 -
Georges J.F. Köhler dies (b. 17 Apr 1946). German immunologist who in 1984, with César Milstein and Niels K. Jerne,
received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work in developing the technique for producing unlimited amounts of extremely pure proteins known as monoclonal antibodies.
1996 - Vergilio Ferreira dies in Lisbon. Portuguese writer. / Faleceu, em Lisboa, o escritor
Vergílio Ferreira (n. 1916). Foi sepultado em Melo, concelho de Gouveia “virado para a serra” como sempre desejou.
1998 - Cláudio Villas-Boas dies (b. 8 Dec 1916). Brazilian
anthropologist and activist whose life was dedicated to the search for and protection of the country's indigenous people as their lands were taken over and developed; he and his brother Orlando aided in the
creation of the Xingu National Park reservation in 1961 and the National Indian Foundation six years later.
1999 - The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force.
2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: In eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda begins.2003 - In Brazil a truce between landless farmworkers and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva peace ended, when some 1,000 landless farmers occupied a ranch 80 miles west of Sao Paulo.
2004 -
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former President of
Haiti, announces that his resignation on February 29 was forced, and that he was forced to leave the country by American soldiers.
2005 - Dr. Tabare Vazquez (65) took office as Uruguay's first socialist president.
2005 - In Geneva, Switzerland, Edouard Stern, French financier and former Lazard banker, was found dead in his home. Swiss police later arrested Cecile Brossard (36), his French lover, who allegedly confessed to the sex-related killing of banker Edouard Stern
2006 - Fernando Tavares Rodrigues dies (b. 7 Mar 1954). Portuguese poet, journalist and essayst.
2006 -
Jack Wild dies (b. 1952). English actor.
2006 -
Harry Browne dies (b. 1933). American politician and author.
2007 -
Manuel Bento dies in Barreiro (b. Golegã, 25 Jun. 1948). Portuguese international footballer (goalkeeper of Benfica).
Beer Day, marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989 (Iceland).
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