2024-11-23 09:30:00
2024 – Civil Defense. National Civil Defense Day is celebrated to commemorate the work of rescue workers during the devastating 1977 earthquake in Cosette, San Juan City.
On November 23, 47 years ago, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake devastated the small town of San Juan. 65 people died and 300 others were injured to varying degrees.
St. John’s. Cowsett Earthquake on November 23, 1977
One year after the first meeting of the National Council for Civil Defense, on 17 November 1981, the International Day was promulgated by Decree No. 1988/81 of the National Executive, taking into account the actions of those who cooperated during the earthquake.
St. John’s. Cowsett Earthquake on November 23, 1977
More anniversaries
1946 – Adela Basque. Author, playwright and translator Adela Basch, born in Buenos Aires, is one of the most important writers and editors of Argentinian children’s and young adult literature.
Adela Basque. (Library of Congress)
1962 – Carlin Horse Brown. Antonio Carlos Santos de Freitas was born in San Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He is a singer, percussionist, composer and record producer, and a leader in Brazilian pop music. In 2002, he received the UNESCO Youth Award.
1963 – Doctor Who. The British television network BBC premieres in London the first episode of the science fiction series Doctor Who, which ran until 1989 and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television series: 861 episodes in total. 295 stories.
1991 – Freddie Mercury. Freddie Mercury, the lead singer and composer of the British rock band Queen, announced that he has AIDS due to being infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seven years ago. The Queen’s publicity agent made the announcement in London.
Freddie Mercury strikes one of his classic poses in front of Queen.
1992 – Miley Cyrus. American actress and singer Miley Cyrus (Destiny Hope Cyrus), who was born in Franklin (Tennessee, USA), has won approximately 250 awards. He is popular for “Hannah Montana,” the TV series about the double life of a young rock star. The five albums she recorded under the name Hannah Montana have sold 15 million copies.
1997 – Martin Palermo. Forward Martín Palermo scored a hat-trick in a Boca Juniors jersey and became the top scorer of the “xeneize” team with 236 goals. The ‘goal optimist’ scored his first hat-trick in Bokens’ 4-0 win away to Spain’s Deportivo La Coruna.
1997 – Central 4 – Newell’s 0. Rosario Central beat Newell’s Old Boys 4-0 in the Aloyto Giants in one of the most overwhelming wins in the Rosario Classic. The game ended in the 23rd minute of the second half. “Leprosy” had only six players left due to the expulsion of four players and the injury of another player.
2004 – Adolfo Castello. Comedian, journalist, TV and radio presenter Adolfo Castelo, a master of satire and absurd humor known for his work on the show “La Noticia Rebelde” and remembered for other successful careers.
Adolfo Castello. (Uno Entre Rios)
Other anniversaries
- 1816.- Colombian patriot Francisco Morales was shot dead for his revolutionary actions against the established authorities.
- 1851.- Venezuelan writer and polygraph examiner Andres Bello has been named an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Spain for his “Grammar of Castilian”.
- .- A bullring named Paseo Nuevo is completed in the Mexican capital.
- 1889.- The first jukebox was put into use at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
- 1891.- Brazilian dictator Deodoro de Fonseca resigned and was succeeded by Vice President Marshal Floriano Peixoto.
- 1914- The last U.S. occupation troops withdraw from Veracruz, Mexico.
- 1916- Alexander Trepov succeeds Rasputin’s protege Boris Sturmer as chairman of the Russian Council of Ministers.
- 1924- Edwin Hubble published the discovery of the Andromeda Galaxy, proving that the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the universe.
- 1936- The first issue of the iconic magazine Life goes on sale in the United States.
- 1963- BBC One premieres the first episode of Doctor Who, the longest-running science fiction TV series in history.
- 1975 – Spanish dictator Francisco Franco is buried in the Valley of the Soul.
- 1981- Mexican writer Octavio Paz, winner of the Cervantes Prize for Literature.
- 1987- El Salvador’s President Napoleon Duarte gave testimony implicating far-right leader Roberto Dobuisson in the March 1980 assassination of Archbishop Romero.
- 1991- Freddie Mercury, soloist for the influential British rock band Queen, has admitted that he has AIDS. He died the next day at his home on London’s posh Knightsbridge Street, far from the flashbulbs and media attention of the major concerts he had given during his lifetime. Born in Tanzania and raised in India, he left behind hymns such as “I Want to Break Free”, “Don’t Stop Me Now” or “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
- .- Mexican Navy Day was established by a presidential decree after the Mexican Navy’s outstanding contribution to the defense of the country’s independence.
- 1993- American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses released the last album of the band’s first phase, “The Spaghetti Incident”.
- 1996- Russian President Boris Yelchin ordered the withdrawal of troops from Chechnya after the first war broke out in the republic, killing about 100,000 people.
- .- Three Ethiopians hijacked a Boeing 727 flying between Addis Ababa and Abidjan and demanded to be flown to Australia. They ignored the lack of fuel and the plane crashed into the Indian Ocean. 123 people died and 52 survived.
- 2003- Georgia’s President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned after being forced by a peaceful popular uprising.
- 2005- Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the first African head of state to be selected in the polls.
- .- Augusto Pinochet was indicted for fraud and corruption and placed under house arrest.
- 2009.- The first particle collision was recorded at the CERN accelerator.
- .- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad begins visiting Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela.
- 2011.- In Yemen, after ten months of protests, President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to hand over power to his vice president, who will call elections.
- .- Since October, rains in Central America have killed 120 people, affected 650,000 people and evacuated 90,000 people.
- 2017.- Venezuelan exiled politician Antonio Ledezma no longer serves as mayor of Caracas.
born
- 1221.- Alfonso X “The Wise”, King of Castile and León.
- 1608.- Francisco Manuel de Mello, Spanish-Portuguese writer.
- 1760.- François Noël Babeuf, French politician.
- 1876- Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer.
- 1883- José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter and muralist.
- 1887- Boris Karloff, British actor.
- 1888.- Harper Marx, American actor.
- 1927- Angelo Sodano, Italian religious figure and former Vatican Secretary of State.
- 1933- Krysztof Penderecki, Polish conductor and composer.
- 1941- Franco Nero, Italian actor.
- 1962- Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan politician.
- .- Carlinhos Brown, Brazilian singer and songwriter.
- 1972- Antonio Orozco, Spanish musician.
death toll
- 1535.- Beatriz Galindo, Spanish writer and humanist.
- 1890.- William II, King of the Netherlands.
- 1973- Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Mexican composer and singer.
- 1976- André Malraux, French writer and politician.
- 1991- Klaus Kinski, German actor.
- 1995- Louis Malle, French film producer.
- 2002- Roberto Matta, Chilean painter and sculptor.
- 2008- Richard Hickox, British conductor.
- .- Gerald Lane, British Pop Artist.
- 2012.- José Luís Borau, filmmaker, fine arts and Spanish scholar.
- .- Larry Hagman, American actor.
- 2020.- David N. Dinkins, the first African-American mayor of New York State.
Source: Self and institution.
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é Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher and essayist.
passing
- 1632.- Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician.
- 1970.- Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter.
- 1983.- Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and playwright.
- 1991.- Freddie Mercury, British rock singer and lead vocalist of Queen.
- 2003.- John D. MacDonald, American writer of mystery and thriller novels.
- 2011.- Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. and visionary in personal computing.
- 2016.- Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer known for her role as Princess Leia.
This summary encapsulates significant events, births, and deaths that occurred on this day across various years, emphasizing cultural and historical contributions.
