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2022 – Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96. He ascended the throne at just 25, at a time when his country was struggling to recover from the devastation of war.
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Elizabeth II passed away on Thursday, September 8, after more than 70 years of historic rule. 15 prime ministers Although scandals have rocked the royal family from time to time, he enjoys widespread support from British citizens.
Changes to national anthem, stamps and passports after Queen Elizabeth II’s death
Two years after the death of Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth, her secular name is Isabel Alejandra MariaBorn on April 21, 1926 in London, the capital of England. The daughter of King George VI and Isabelle Bowes-Lyon, she was born into the royal family of Windsor, England, with no apparent possibility of ruling. his father’s brother, Edward VIIIn 1936, Elizabeth’s grandfather, King George V, ascended the throne after the death.
However, less than a year later, Eduardo announced his intention to marry twice-divorced American civilian Wallis Simpson.
The then British Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin warns monarch he will not be able to remain king if he marries Simpsonfor political and religious reasons. Edward put love above the throne and abdicated on December 11 of the same year. George ascended the throne and became the third monarch of the Windsor royal family.
along with George VI died in 1952became Queen of seven independent countries belonging to the Commonwealth at the age of 25, and the rest is history. He has seventy years of throne behind him, Elizabeth was the longest-serving queenmore than any other monarch in British history. He is a global icon and a figure loved and respected around the world.
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Anniversary: International Literacy Day
it celebrates international literacy dayestablished in 1966 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to address literacy challenges.
According to data provided by the agency UNESCOIn 2020, 763 million adolescents and adults lacked basic reading and writing skills.
Furthermore, they explain, “In low- and middle-income countries, the proportion of 10-year-olds who are unable to read and understand simple text has increased from 57% in 2019 to an estimated 70% in 2022.”
In this sense, they explain, the motto of the 2023 celebrations is “Promoting literacy for a world in transition: laying the foundations for a peaceful and sustainable society”.
More anniversaries
1966 – Star Wars. The American television network NBC aired the first episode of the Star Wars series, which later became one of the most popular TV series of the 20th century and was made into a science fiction classic on film. Today, the saga continues with new series, movies and video games based on the voyage of the Enterprise.
1978 – Torey Nelson. Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, one of the most iconic figures in Argentinian cinema, screenwriter, director and film producer, has died in Buenos Aires at the age of 54. He has made more than 30 films, including the famous “Un guapo del 900”, “El santo de la Sword” and “Boquitas Pinturas”.
1990 – Maria Morales. María Soledad Morales, a 17-year-old high school student, was murdered in the municipality of San Fernando, Catamarca Valley, a crime attributed to Catamarca’s “Sons of Power,” had a strong impact on public opinion. Her boyfriend Luis Tulla was sentenced to nine years in prison for femicide, and Guillermo Luque, the son of deputy Angel Luque, was sentenced to 21 years in prison.
1990 – Gabriella Sabatini. Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini wins the 1990 U.S. Open title, defeating world number one Steffi Graf of Germany 6-2, 7-6. “Gabby” is the only Argentine tennis player to win the US Open, reaching the final in 1988 and winning a silver medal at the Seoul Olympics.
1998 – Marcelo Bielsa. Head coach Marcelo Bielsa takes over as Argentina’s technical director, succeeding Daniel Passarella. In February 1999, he coached Argentina for the first time and defeated Venezuela 2-0. Bielsa led “Celeste Blanc” in 85 games, with a record of 56 wins, 18 draws and 11 losses.
2002 – Walter Olmos. At age 20, quartet singer Walter Olmos was shot in the head and killed while celebrating his final concert with family and friends in Buenos Aires. Olmos was considered one of the quartet’s commits after the death of the popular Rodrigo Bueno, with whom he had been a member.
2019 – Camilo Sesto. Spanish singer and composer Camilo Blanes Cortés, one of the most iconic voices of Spanish romantic folk and pop music, has died in Madrid at the age of 72. It is also popular in several Latin American countries. He has sold over 70 million records.
2024 – Farmers’ Day. National Farmers’ Day is celebrated to commemorate the founding of Esperanza, the country’s first agricultural colony located 38 kilometers from the city of Santa Fe.
2024 – Journalist Day. International Journalists’ Day is celebrated in memory of Czech journalist Julius Fucik, who was executed by the Nazi German regime in Berlin on September 8, 1943.
Other anniversaries
- 1565.- Spanish soldier and sailor Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded St. Augustine, Florida, the first permanent settlement on the North American continent and the oldest city in the United States.
- 1575.- Pichincha volcano erupts in Ecuador.
- 1876- General Veintimira staged a coup that overthrew the government of Antonio Borrero.
- 1879.- The Battle of Angamos took place in Punta Angamos (Peru) during the Pacific War.
- 1920.- The Central Committee of the Indian National Congress approved Gandhi’s program of non-violent struggle against the British.
- 1924- A revolution in Chile overthrew President Arturo Alessandri and handed power to General Luis Altamirano.
- 1926- Germany joined the League of Nations, while Spain announced its withdrawal from the organization.
- 1933- Faisal I’s successor, Ghazi I, was crowned King of Iraq.
- 1941- The Germans began the siege of Leningrad, which would last until January 1944.
- 1944- Nazi Germany attacks London with a new type of flying bomb (V-2).
- 1951- The United States and Japan sign a peace and security treaty.
- 1967- The Republic of Uganda is proclaimed.
- 1974- President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for crimes committed during his term in office.
- 1981- Guatemala severed ties with Britain in favor of Belize’s independence.
- 1991- Macedonian independence and the right to ally with the sovereign state of Yugoslavia were approved in a referendum.
- 1994- The last Allied contingents of the Cold War (British, French and American) were disbanded with military honors in Berlin.
- 1997- Haitian ferry “Fierté Gonavienne” capsizes in the port of Montroy (Haiti): 133 people died.
- 1999.- Muslim extremists from the Caucasus planted a bomb in a Moscow building, killing 93 people.
- 2000.- The United Nations Millennium Summit concluded in New York, attended by 146 heads of state or government.
- 2006- Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was dismissed by Chile’s Supreme Court for the kidnapping of 36 opponents in 1974 and 23 cases of torture.
- 2009.- Afghan President Hamid Karzai was re-elected as the country’s president with an absolute majority.
- 2020.- The Spanish Research Center for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT) reported that the Higgs boson interacts with elementary particles such as muons, which is an “extremely rare” phenomenon.
- .- Argentinian writer Alberto Manguel donates his 40,000-volume library to the Lisbon City Council.
- 2021.- Chile awards National Arts Award to British dancer Joan Turner, widow of singer-songwriter Víctor Jara, who performed under Augusto Pinochet Murdered during the dictatorship.
- .- The water of the Fountain of Pertas (Roman Palatine), which has been inactive since ancient times, flows again after an installation that pays homage to the original structure.
born
- 1157.- Richard the Lionheart, King of England.
- 1736.- Lorenzo Tiepolo, Italian painter.
- 1824.- Jaime Nunó Roca, Spanish composer and composer of the Mexican national anthem.
- 1827.- Juan Valera, Spanish writer.
- 1830.- Frederic Mistral, French poet and 1904 Nobel Prize winner.
- 1862- Mariano Benlliure, Spanish sculptor.
- 1968- Miguel Baez “El Litri”, Spanish bullfighter.
- 1987- Wiz Khalifa, American rapper and actor.
- 1989- Tim Bergling, Swedish DJ, famous for Avicii.
death toll
- 1645.- Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer.
- 1862- Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican hero of the Battle of May 5.
- 1949- Richard Strauss, German musician.
- 1985- John F. Enders, American virologist, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
- 2003- Leni Riefenstahl, German film producer.
- 2016.- Johan Botha, South African opera singer.
- .- Prince Buster, a Jamaican musician.
- 2020.- Mikiso Iwasa, Hiroshima survivor and adviser to one of the survivors and anti-nuclear groups.
- .- Aurelio Ilagori Hormaza, Colombian politician and former senator.
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