AfterColombian politician and jurist, mayor, Minister of Education and Labor, congressman in several terms. He was assassinated when he was a candidate for the Presidency for the period 1946-1950. His assassination in Bogotá sparked huge nationwide popular protests known as “El Bogotazo”. As mayor of Bogotá in 1936, he advanced social reforms, promoted the municipalization of public services.
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On another April 9, but from 1850, Great Britain and the United States sign the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, whereby both nations agree not to maintain any control over the future Panama Canal.
1483.- Edward IV, English king who ruled between 1461 and 1470, and between 1471 and 1483, dies
1548.- Gonzalo Pizarro He was beheaded and his corpse was buried in the city of Cusco, under the main altar of the church of La Merced along with the corpses of Almagro El Viejo and Almagro El Mozo.
1553.- François Rabelais, French writer, doctor and humanist, dies. He also used the pseudonym Alcofribas Nasier, an anagram of François Rabelais.
1608.- Spain signs a twelve-year truce with the United Provinces of the Netherlands and recognizes commercial freedom in the two Indies.
1626.- Francis Bacon, English philosopher, politician, lawyer and writer, father of philosophical and scientific empiricism, dies.
1682.- René Robert Cavelier de la Salle, French explorer and first to cross the Mississippi River, reaches the Gulf of Mexico and takes possession of both banks of the river on behalf of France.
1721.- An earthquake causes 250,000 deaths in Persia.
1821.- Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, French poet, essayist, art critic, author of “The flowers of Evil”, a collection of poems that was considered an attack on morality. .
1844.- The Constituent Assembly of Costa Rica approves a new Constitution of a liberal nature.
1548.- The Battle of Jaquijahuana takes place, confronting the forces of Gonzalo Pizarro and the royalist forces led by Pedro de la Gasca in the fight to control the recently founded Viceroyalty of Peru.
1866.- In the US, Congress enacts the “Civil Rights Acts” which grants citizen rights to all those born in American territory, including blacks. The Indians are arbitrarily excluded from this law.
1889.- The Italian Bank is founded, named for its first 52 years. In February 1942, it was agreed to replace the old company name with that of Credit Bank of Peru.
1891.- Passes away Carlos Augusto Salaverry, Peruvian poet and playwright, considered, in the panorama of literature in his country, as the most outstanding exponent of romanticism, along with Ricardo Palma.
1893.- Mary Pickford, Canadian actress, is born. She was one of the greatest figures in silent cinema during the period 1915-1925. Some consider the 8th as the day of her death.
1917.- First World War: Battle of Vimy Hill (Pas de Calais), in which the Canadians defeated the Germans.
1920.- Jorge Pacheco Areco, politician and diplomat, former president of Uruguay, is born.
1933.- Jean Paul Belmondo, French actor, is born. His performance in burning hourss (1960) by Jean-Luc Godard made him one of the key figures of the French New Wave.
.- Luis Sanchez Cerro As President of the Republic, he repealed the 1920 Constitution that was promulgated by Augusto B. Leguía.
1940.- In the midst of World War II, and due to the so-called “Operation Weserubung” Nazi Germany invades neutral Denmark and Norway, violating their neutrality.
1944.- Charles De Gaulle He is appointed Commander-in-Chief of Free France.
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1948.- Assassination in Bogotá of the leader of the Colombian liberal party Jorge eliecer gaitan.
1952.- The National Revolution broke out in Bolivia and Hernán Siles Zuazo became interim president, until Paz Estensoro assumed the presidency on April 15.
1954.- Dennis Quaid, American film and television actor and director, is born.
1956.- Habib Bourguiba, is elected prime minister of Tunisia, dictator of his country between 1957 and 1975 and later democratic president until 1987.
1957.- Reopening of the Suez Canal, an artificial navigation route located in Egypt that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea.
1958.- Presented in the USA the heart-lung machine, very useful in cardiology operations.
1959.- Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, dies. A forerunner of modern architecture, which lasted for more than sixty years, it closed brilliantly with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
1960.- Isabel Coixet, Spanish film director, is born. She made her feature film directorial debut with the drama “Too Old To Die Young” (1989).
1962.- The actress arrives in Lima Vivien LeighMain character of the film “Gone With the Wind”. She debuted acting -in English- with “The Lady of the Camellias”.
1966.- Cardinal Ottaviani announces in Rome the annulment of the Index of books prohibited by the Catholic Church.
1977.- In Spain, being Easter Saturday and in full Transition to democracy following the Franco dictatorship, by personal decision of the President of the Government Adolfo Suárez, the Communist Party of Spain is once once more legal.
1984.- The Peruvian Prime Minister resigns, Fernando Schwald Lopez Aldana.
1986.- Benazir Bhuto, leader of the opposition, returns to Pakistan following two years of voluntary exile in London.
1987.- Historic visit of the top Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to Czechoslovakia.
1991.- The Soviet Republic of Georgia declares its independence from the USSR.
1992.- Sali Berisha, elected the first democratic president of Albania since 1924.
1995.- Alberto Fujimori is re-elected president of Peru, with an absolute majority.
1998.- In Mecca 118 people are crushed to death in the avalanche of a crowd.
1999.- The President of Niger, General Ibrahim Baré Minasara, is assassinated during a coup.
2002.- Josef Svoboda, founder and artistic director of the Magic Lantern of Prague, dies.
2003.- In the Second Gulf War, Baghdad falls into the hands of the US occupation forces and the statue of Saddam Hussein is demolished in a city square.
.- The European Parliament approves the EU Accession Treaty from ten new countries.
.– Jorge Oteiza Embil, Spanish sculptor, a key figure of the avant-garde of the 1950s, has passed away.
.– Abraham Zabludovsky, prominent Mexican architect and painter remembered as one of the pillars of contemporary architecture in his country, dies.
2004.- Lelia Abramo, Brazilian actress and one of the founders of the Workers’ Party, dies at the age of 93.
2005.- Carlos from England and Camila Parker Bowles get married in the Windsor Town Hall.
2006.- Alan García Pérez and Ollanta Humala Tasso go to the second round in the general elections, leaving Lourdes Flores Nano aside.
2007.- Iran announces that it produces uranium at an industrial level.
2009.- Abdelaziz Buteflika, re-elected as Algerian president. In 1962 he was minister of youth, sports and tourism, and then foreign minister at just 25 years of age. In November 1999 he was elected President of the Algerian Republic.
2017.- At least 46 dead in two attacks once morest Coptic churches in northern Egypt.
.- He died in Seville, Carmen Chacon (Carmen María Chacón Piqueras, Spanish socialist politician, first woman Minister of Defense.
2020.- The Eurogroup agrees on a package of economic measures that will mobilize half a billion euros in loans to support States, companies and workers once morest the coronavirus.
.- Brenock O’Connor, British actor and singer known for his role as Olly in the series, dies Game of Thrones.
2021.- Passes away Philip of Edinburgh, Greek-British aristocrat, prince consort of the United Kingdom during the period 1952-2021 consort of Elizabeth II from 1947. He was a member of the Greek royal house by birth and of the British by marriage.
