Today in 1851, 173 years ago: in the English Channel the first submarine cable between the cities of Dover (England) and Calais (France) is inaugurated.
Today in 1929, 95 years ago: in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Raquel Líberman (1900-1935), Russian woman victim of trafficking, denounces the Jewish-Polish organization Tsvi Migdal and manages to dismantle it.
Today in 1501, 523 years ago: The First Battle of Cannanore commences, seeing the first use of the naval line of battle.
Today in 2018, 6 years ago: Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia.
Today in 1660, 364 years ago: James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
Today in 1944, 80 years ago: World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front, begins.
Today in 1939, 85 years ago: in Vienna there is an extraordinary concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the Austrian Clemens Krauss, which would mark the creation of the Vienna New Year's Concert from 1941.
Today in 1431, 593 years ago: in Granada, Yusuf IV is proclaimed sultan, after a popular uprising that overthrew Muhammad IX.
Today in 1999, 25 years ago: The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.
Today in 1991, 33 years ago: All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date, five days after the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
Today in 1972, 52 years ago: a Douglas DC-7 plane, with help for Nicaragua, crashes into the sea after taking off from San Juan (Puerto Rico). All passengers are killed, including Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente.
Today in 2010, 14 years ago: Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total of 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.
Today in 1942, 82 years ago: USS Essex, first aircraft carrier of a 24-ship class, is commissioned.
Today in 1993, 31 years ago: in New Orleans (United States) the disappearance of Ylenia Carrisi (23), the eldest daughter of the Italian singer Al Bano and the American actress Romina Power, is known. She will never be heard from again. Fifteen days earlier, the guardian of the municipal aquarium saw a woman with the same characteristics as Ylenia throw herself into the Mississippi River.
Today in 1944, 80 years ago: in the context of World War II, Hungary declares war on Germany.
Today in 1992, 32 years ago: Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.
Today in 1670, 354 years ago: The expedition of John Narborough leaves Corral Bay, having surveyed the coast and lost four hostages to the Spanish.
Today in 2023, 1 year ago: Queen Margaret II of Denmark announces her abdication to the Danish throne, which would occur until January 14, 2024.
Today in 1970, 54 years ago: the commission of the Cartagena Agreement established a common policy towards Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), expressed in decision No. 24.
Today in 1999, 25 years ago: the United States hands over the administration of the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama.
Felices fiestas y sana laicidad - La Esperanza
Cada año aumenta el número de personas, instituciones y empresas que se suman a la nueva moda de felicitar la Navidad con un felices fiestasMARGARITAS HISPANICAS (Periódico La Esperanza)
Today in 1844, 180 years ago: The Philippines adapts to the Gregorian calendar, so this day did not exist: Tuesday, December 30 (which in the Philippines was Monday) was followed by Wednesday, January 1, 1845.
Today in 1556, 468 years ago: in Spain, the humanist and poet of Ethiopian origin Juan Latino, received the chair of Latin grammar and language at the University of Granada, becoming the first black person to receive European university studies.
Today in 2018, 6 years ago: in Magnitogorsk (Russia), a gas explosion collapses a building causing between 7 and 22 deaths.
Today in 1946, 78 years ago: President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
Today in 1812, 212 years ago: in the framework of the Argentine War of Independence, the Battle of Cerrito takes place.
Today in 2008, 16 years ago: at the headquarters of EITB, in Bilbao (Spain), the terrorist group ETA places a bomb.
Today in 1922, 102 years ago: in Moscow, the Congress of Soviets approves the creation of the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
Today in 2009, 15 years ago: A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
Today in 1905, 119 years ago: Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
Today in 1997, 27 years ago: In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
Today in 2004, 20 years ago: in Spain, the Basque Parliament approves the Ibarretxe Plan, which establishes a new political status for the Basque Country.
Today in 1952, 72 years ago: An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.
Today in 1890, 134 years ago: Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.