2024-08-17 09:30:00
1850 – St. Martin. General José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras, commander-in-chief of the Andean Army and liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru, died at the age of 72 in the French town of Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Like other Argentine heroes, he is one of the symbols of national independence and is considered the “Father of the Nation.”
August 17th. The Life of José de San Martín and 13 Facts You May Not Know
General San Martin. (Wikipedia)
World Pedestrian Day: Why it’s celebrated today, August 17
Celebrate World Pedestrian Day, established by the World Health Organization to promote road safety and provide adequate walking space. The date commemorates the first fatal accident in London in 1897, when Bridget Driscoll was killed by a motor vehicle.
The purpose of marking this date is to spread the culture of the road, enhance the use of pedestrian spaces, promote respect and remember the obligations involved in walking.
Illustrative images
“World statistics show that pedestrians are the most vulnerable users of transport systems, responsible for more than 250,000 deaths every year,” explains the Luchemos Civic Association.
According to reports, more than 1,200 pedestrians are expected to die in Argentina in 2021: more than 20% of the total fatalities. In this sense, they explain that an adult pedestrian has a 10% risk of death when hit by a car traveling at 30 km/h, and more than 30% if hit by a car traveling at 40 km/h.
More anniversaries
1891 – Olivierio Girondo. Writer, poet and journalist Oliverio Girondo was a surrealist figure in the Buenos Aires literary avant-garde of the 1920s. He was born in Buenos Aires. Leopoldo Marechal, Silvina Ocampo and Raúl González Tuñón are all members of the Floridian faction. Great writer.
Oliverio Girondo.
1913 – Oscar A. Galvez. Argentinian motorsport icon and racing driver Oscar Alfredo Gálvez was born in Buenos Aires. He won five road tour championships and competed in 43 games in the profession. The Oscar Gálvez Autodrome, located near Villa Riachuelo in Buenos Aires, has hosted the Formula One Grand Prix of the Argentine Republic twenty times.
Oscar Galvez. Famous car racer and car mechanic.
1943 – Robert De Niro. Actor and film director Robert Anthony De Niro, one of the Hollywood superstars who won two Oscars for his performances in the movies “Raging Bull” and “The Godfather Part II”, was born in Manhattan (New York, USA). He also won two Golden Globe Awards and appeared in more than a hundred films.
Robert De Niro
1952 – Guillermo Vilas. Former tennis player Guillermo Vilas was born in Buenos Aires and is ranked No. 2 in the world by the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP). Vilas is the Argentinian tennis player with the most tournament wins, with a total of 62, followed by José Luis Clerc (28).
Guillermo Vilas, photo published in The New York Times in 1975.
1957 – Riccardo Moro. Musician, singer and guitarist Ricardo Mollo, lead singer and leader of the rock band Divididos, was born in Pergamino, Buenos Aires. He was a member of the legendary sumo wrestling band of the eighties.
1960 – Sean Penn. Actor and film producer Sean Penn was born in Santa Monica (California, USA) and has received eight international awards, including two Oscars. He has appeared in 48 films, including “Mystic River” and “21 Grams.”
1998 – Bill Clinton. US President Bill Clinton, 49, admitted in a recorded testimony that he had an “inappropriate physical relationship” with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton was later cleared of perjury and obstruction of justice charges in his Senate impeachment trial.
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. (Information library)
2005 – Lionel Messi. Forward Lionel Messi made his Argentina national team debut in the 67th minute of a friendly match against Hungary in Budapest, replacing Lisandro Lopez.
Messi was sent off after 47 seconds for a foul that didn’t seem worthy of a penalty. Argentina won 2-1.
Lionel Messi made his Argentina debut against Hungary in Budapest.
Other anniversaries
- 1502.- Christopher Columbus took possession of the territory of Honduras in the name of King of Spain.
- 1585.- The Spanish legions commanded by Alejandro Farnesio entered the city of Antwerp after a nearly year-long siege.
- 1807.- American Robert Fulton launched his steam-powered ship from New York Harbor.
- 1850.- Jose de San Martín, considered the founding father of the nation and the liberator of Argentina, died in the French town of Boulogne-sur-Mer.
- 1865- The combined forces of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay defeated Paraguay at the Battle of Atati.
- 1935- The Masonic lodges in Germany were dissolved and their assets confiscated.
- 1943- British and American troops completely liberated Sicily.
- [1945-[1945年-Sukarno declared Indonesia’s independence and became its first president.
- 1946- The Brazilian Constitution is ratified.
- 1956- The West German Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution of the Communist Party.
- 1958- The first attempt in history to send a rocket to the moon failed. An American unmanned rocket exploded in mid-air.
- 1962- Two Soviet astronauts orbited the Earth for the first time.
- 1976- An earthquake and huge waves hit the Philippines, killing 3,000 people.
- 1978- American hot air balloonists Ben Abruzzo, Max Anderson and Larry Newman crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a Double Eagle II hot air balloon.
- 1988- Pakistani President Zia Ul Haq was killed in an attack on his plane.
- 1995- China exploded its 43rd nuclear bomb in Lop Nur (Xijiang area) since 1964, which was ten times more powerful than the Hiroshima nuclear bomb.
- 1999.- A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hits western Turkey, killing more than 17,000 people.
- 2006- The Lebanese government began deploying 15,000 troops south of the Litani River in accordance with United Nations Resolution 1701.
- 2008- Iran launched a homemade space satellite for the first time, named “Omid”.
- 2015.- The South Sudan government and rebels signed a new peace agreement in Addis Ababa after intense negotiations.
- 2016.- North Korea announces it has resumed plutonium production.
- 2017.- An attack in Catalonia left 16 people dead (14 on La Rambla in Barcelona), the bloodiest attack in 11 million years.
- 2019.- A suicide bomber detonated explosives in a room where a wedding reception was being held in Kabul (Afghanistan), killing 80 people.
- 2020.- King Juan Carlos I has been in the United Arab Emirates since August 3, after moving his residence outside Spain due to alleged opaque business dealings, the King’s House confirmed.
born
- 1893- Mae West, American actress.
- 1920.- Maureen O’Hara, Irish actress.
- 1926- Jiang Zemin, former President of China.
- 1930.- Ted Hughes, British writer.
- 1932- Vidia S. Naipaul, British writer and 2001 Nobel Prize winner.
- 1944- Larry Ellison, American computer scientist and founder of Oracle.
- 1952- Nelson Piquet, former Brazilian Formula One racing driver.
- 1954- Andres Pastrana Arango, Colombian politician.
- 1968- Helen McCrory, British actress.
death toll
- 1786.- Frederick II “The Great”, King of Prussia.
- 1955- Fernand Léger, French painter.
- 1987- Rudolf Hess, German soldier and Hitler’s lieutenant.
- 1990- Bruno Lomas, Spanish singer.
- 2010.- Francesco Cosiga, former President of the Italian Republic.
- 2016.- Arthur Shearer, Canadian film producer.
- .- Víctor Mora, writer and creator of the famous comic “Captain Truno”.
Source: Self and institution.
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