Today in 1984, 41 years ago: in the Persian Gulf, the Iraqi Navy attacks and destroys five Iranian ships.
Today in 1818, 207 years ago: in Concepción the proclamation of the Act of Independence of Chile is dated
Today in 1994, 31 years ago: the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Canada, the United States and Mexico comes into force.
Today in 1930, 95 years ago: in Paisley, near Glasgow (Scotland) eighty children die in the fire of a cinema.
Today in 1971, 54 years ago: an earthquake registered in Central Asia produces a railway accident in Isfahan (Iran) that causes 70 deaths and 130 injuries.
Today in 1979, 46 years ago: the UN proclaims this year as the International Year of the Child.
Today in 1934, 91 years ago: Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
Today in 1994, 31 years ago: in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, the guerrilla group called the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) rises, whose most visible leader is Subcomandante Marcos.
Today in 1964, 61 years ago: the fruit and vegetable law for the Common Market comes into force in Europe.
Today in 1956, 69 years ago: Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
Today in 1944, 81 years ago: Franco refuses to recognize the fascist republic of Salò, constituted by Mussolini.
Today in 2019, 6 years ago: in Hawaii, the last known individual of Achatinella apexfulva, "George", dies, claiming the extinction of the species.
Today in 1948, 77 years ago: The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
Today in 1788, 237 years ago: the first issue of The Times newspaper is published in London.
Today in 1778, 247 years ago: In the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Viceroy Pedro de Cevallos founded the Pago de Matanza y Pozos.
Today in 1700, 325 years ago: Russia begins using the Anno Domini era instead of the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
Today in 1949, 76 years ago: Dr. Juan Manuel Gálvez takes possession of the presidency of Honduras.
Today in 1879, 146 years ago: in Barcelona the Republican satirical weekly L'Esquella de la Tortaza is republished.
Today in 1937, 88 years ago: Anastasio Somoza García becomes dictator president of Nicaragua.
Today in 1974, 51 years ago: a Spanish-Moroccan fishing agreement is signed by which 200 Spanish boats will be able to fish in the waters near Morocco.
Today in 1865, 160 years ago: in Chile, the decimal metric system is established as the official measurement system in the country.
Today in 1990, 35 years ago: David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
Today in 1901, 124 years ago: The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
Today in 1962, 63 years ago: in the Dominican Republic, after the assassination of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, the Council of State assumed power, chaired by Joaquín Balaguer.
Today in 1995, 30 years ago: the World Trade Organization was created in the United States.
Today in 1885, 140 years ago: in La Plata, Argentina, the house of Dardo Rocha is inaugurated, built in just 40 days.
Today in 1934, 91 years ago: in Germany the law dictated by the Nazi government "for the prevention of offspring with hereditary diseases" comes into force.
Today in 1980, 45 years ago: Afghan and Iranian protesters storm the embassy of the Soviet Union in Tehran, protesting the occupation of Afghanistan.
Today in 1945, 80 years ago: World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed, attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.
Today in 1567, 458 years ago: in Granada (Spain), Felipe II publishes a pragmatic against the uprising attitude of the Moors, the origin of the War of the Alpujarras.
Elliot
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