World.- In the ephemeris of this February 22 Several important ones that marked the history of humanity stand out, for example: in 1987, the Final Point Law came into force, with which the denunciations against the military of the Argentine dictatorship were put an end, although it was repealed by the Supreme Court in 2005.
On the same date, but in 2014, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, one of the leaders of the Pacific cartel, is arrested for drug trafficking in Mexico, after 13 years on the run.
What are the ephemeris of February 22?
1901.- The steam passenger ship “SS City of Rio de Janeiro” sinks at the entrance to the port of San Francisco (USA) and 128 people die in the incident.
1904.- The Orcadas Antarctic base, inaugurated by William Speirs Bruce’s Scottish Expedition, is transferred to the Argentine Republic.
1913.- Mexican President Francisco Madero, after being deposed by General Victoriano Huerta, is assassinated.
1928.- The Australian Bert Hinckler becomes the first aviator to make the longest solo light flight by completing the route between the United Kingdom and Australia.
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1934.- The American comedy “It Happened One Night” opens in New York, the first film to win the Oscar in the five main categories.
1943.- Several members of the resistance organization against Nazism “The White Rose” are executed in the middle of World War II by order of a German court.
1958.- Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic, a state that would only last three years.
1967.- General Suharto takes power in Indonesia after the resignation of President Sukarno due to military pressure.
2002.- Angolan leader Jonas Savimbi, founder of UNITA, is assassinated by government troops.
2006.- Thieves steal 53 million pounds from the warehouse of the security firm Securitas in the county of Kent, in the biggest robbery in the history of the United Kingdom.
2007.- Technological companies Cisco and Apple reach an agreement to use the iPhone registered trademark jointly after a legal dispute over the rights to the name.
2014.- The Ukrainian Parliament dismisses President Viktor Yanukovych, who had left the country the day before after the protests in Maidan Square.
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2014.- Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, one of the leaders of the Pacific cartel, is arrested for drug trafficking in Mexico, after 13 years on the run.
Who was born on a February 22?
1599.- Anton van Dyck, Flemish painter, great portraitist.
1732.- George Washington, first president of the USA.
1788.- Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher.
1905.- Luis Sandrini, Argentine actor.
1928.- Thomas Eugene Kurtz, American computer scientist, known for developing the BASIC programming language.
1932.- Edward Kennedy, US senator.
1941.- Hipólito Mejía, former president of the Dominican Republic.
1949.- Niki Lauda, Austrian motorist.
1974.- James Blunt, British singer.
1975.- Drew Barrymore, American actress.
1985.- Larissa Riquelme, Paraguayan model and actress.
1998.- Juliana Velásquez, Colombian actress, singer, presenter and dancer.
Who died on a February 22?
1512.- Américo Vespucio, Italian navigator.
1760.- Anna Magdalena Bach, German soprano and composer
1875.- Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter.
1913.- Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist, semiologist and philosopher.
1939.- Antonio Machado, Spanish writer.
1942.- Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer and pacifist.
1958.- Abul Kalam Azad, Arab thinker, leader of the Indian independence movement.
1976.- Florence Ballard, American singer of the band The Supremes.
1980.- Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter.
1987.- Andy Warhol, American artist, prominent figure of pop art.
2002.- Jonas Savimbi, Angolan politician.
2007.- Ian Russell Wallace, British musician, rock drummer, member of King Crimson.
2021.- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet
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