Hoy en 2008, hace 17 años: por primera vez en su historia, se cancela el Rally Dakar, por temor a ser víctima de un atentado a su paso por Mauritania.
Hoy en 1941, hace 84 años: la actriz cinematográfica alemana Marlene Dietrich obtiene la nacionalidad estadounidense.
Distribuido el último número de la serie de 2024 de Verbo - La Esperanza
El número 629-630, correspondiente a la serie LXII de la revista Verbo, en concreto a los meses de noviembre y diciembre, ha sido distribuido puntualmente los días anteriores a la Navidad. He aquí la presentación: [...]LA ESPERANZA (Periódico La Esperanza)
Hoy en 1987, hace 38 años: La colisión del tren de Maryland: Un tren de Amtrak en ruta a Boston desde Washington, DC, choca con los motores Conrail en Chase, Maryland, Estados Unidos, matando a 16 personas.
Today in 1698, 327 years ago: in Catalonia (Spain), under the Peace of Ryswick, the troops of the Duke of Vendome evacuate Barcelona.
Today in 1717, 308 years ago: The Netherlands, England and France sign the Triple Alliance.
Today in 1918, 107 years ago: The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
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acostumbrados a recibir los mejores deseos para el nuevo año que entra siempre en medio de la resaca mundana que ahoga el auténtico espíritu navideñoLA ESPERANZA (Periódico La Esperanza)
El presidente de Colombia sanciona la ley que permite el divorcio unilateral - La Esperanza
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Today in 2004, 21 years ago: Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
Today in 1994, 31 years ago: the Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was inaugurated in Geneva.
Today in 1642, 383 years ago: English Civil War: King Charles I, accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of Parliament for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled.
Today in 1798, 227 years ago: Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
Today in 1845, 180 years ago: in Monterrey (Mexico) General Mariano Arista takes up arms to support the movement of repudiation for the return to power of Antonio López de Santa Anna.
Today in 1857, 168 years ago: the railway route between Mataró and Arenys de Mar was inaugurated in Barcelona.
Today in 1933, 92 years ago: on the French coast, a fire destroys the French ocean liner Atlantic.
Today in 1918, 107 years ago: Finland officially becomes independent from the Russian Empire
Today in 1954, 71 years ago: in the United States, Elvis Presley recorded his first album.
Today in 1998, 27 years ago: A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
Today in 1957, 68 years ago: the Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
Today in 2004, 21 years ago: Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
Today in 1924, 101 years ago: in the civil pantheon of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, he was shot after Felipe Carrillo Puerto, socialist governor of Yucatán, took public power from him, along with his brothers: Edesio, Benjamín and Wilfrido and 9 other collaborators.
Today in 2002, 23 years ago: Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
Today in 1687, 338 years ago: in Spain, Carlos II created the General Superintendence of Finance, putting the Marquis de los Vélez in charge.
Today in 2018, 7 years ago: For the first time in history, all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.
Today in 1870, 155 years ago: in New York, the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
Today in 1932, 93 years ago: in Honduras martial law is declared to stop the revolt of banana workers, fired by the United Fruit company.
Today in 1944, 81 years ago: World War II: US flying ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
Today in 2016, 9 years ago: In response to the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Iran ends its diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
Today in 1913, 112 years ago: First Balkan War: Greece completes its capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender.
Today in 1777, 248 years ago: at the Battle of Princeton (United States) the American general George Washington defeats the British general Charles Cornwallis.
Today in 1496, 529 years ago: in Italy, Leonardo da Vinci tests his flying machine for the first time.
Today in 1741, 284 years ago: the city of Tarata was founded in the Royal Audience of Charcas (today Bolivia), Viceroyalty of Peru.
Today in 2015, 10 years ago: in the town of Baga, in the far northeast of Nigeria, militants of the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram begin the Baga massacre (until January 7): they will kill more than 2,000 men, women and children.
Today in 1987, 38 years ago: Varig Flight 797 crashes near Akouré in the Ivory Coast, resulting in 50 deaths.
Today in 1946, 79 years ago: Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf suffers a concussion during a freak racing accident; he dies from the injury the following day. The annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
Today in 1997, 28 years ago: the People's Republic of China announces that it will spend 27.7 billion dollars to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys.
Randall Lee
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