On September 12, but in 1502, the navigator Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to reach the shores of present-day Nicaragua.
Other anniversaries
1827.- “The Mercury”, the oldest newspaper in circulation in Chile, It is founded in the city of Valparaíso.
1848.- Switzerland becomes a federal state through an amendment to the Constitution.
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1860.- The American Adventurer William Walkerwho five years earlier had had himself proclaimed president of Nicaragua, he is shot in Honduras.
1910.- Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler premieres Symphony number 8 in Munich (Germany).
1923.- Southern Rhodesianow Zimbabwe, becomes a self-governing British crown colony.
1943.- A German SS commando frees Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from his prison on Mount Gran Sasso, a hundred kilometers from Rome.
1953.- US senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier are getting married at St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
1958.- The physical Jack S. Kilby presents the first integrated circuit (microchip) in the United Statesbasis of modern technology.
1974.- Haile Selasiethe last emperor of Ethiopia, is overthrown by a military coup and imprisoned in Addis Ababa.
1975.- the british band Pink Floyd publish their ninth album, “Wish you were here”one of the best-selling albums in history.
1980.- The general Kenan Evren, chief of the Turkish Army General Staff, staged a coup and establishes a military regime.
1989.- Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki constitutes the country’s first non-communist government since World War II.
1992.- Abimael Guzmánfounder and leader of the Shining Path terrorist group, is captured in Lima.
2002.- An Argentine judge orders the preventive detention of former President Leopoldo Galtieri for the disappearance of guerrillas during the dictatorship.
2005.- Israel completes the complete withdrawal of its military personnel from the Gaza Strip and ends its presence in the area since 1967.
2007.- Former President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada, deposed by a coup in 2002is sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption.
2013.- The President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad agrees to put chemical weapons under international control in response to the Russian proposal.
2016.- The Cuban opponent Guillermo Fariñas, 2010 Sakharov Prize winner of the European Parliament, abandons the hunger and thirst strike after 54 days.
2019.- US justice denies former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo’s freedom for the second timeaccused of corruption.
2020.- The Afghan government and the Taliban begin peace negotiations in Doha (Qatar), 19 years after the US invasion.
BIRTHS
1888.- Maurice ChevalierFrench singer and actor.
1913.- Jesse OwensAmerican athlete, four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics.
1944.- Barry White, American singer. 1973.- Paul Walker, American actor.
1980.- Yao MingChinese basketball player
1981.- Jennifer HudsonAmerican actress and singer.
1994.- Kim Nam-joon “RM”South Korean musician.
DEATHS
1977.- Steve BikoSouth African anti-apartheid activist.
1981.- Eugenio Montale, Italian writer.
1992.- Anthony PerkinsAmerican actor.
1993.- Raymond Burr, Canadian actor.
2003.- Johnny CashAmerican singer.
2008.- David Foster WallaceAmerican writer.
2009.- Norman BorlaughAmerican scientist, Nobel Peace Prize.
2010.- Claude ChabrolFrench filmmaker.
2013.- Ray DolbyAmerican engineer, inventor of the sound system.
2014.- Ian Paisley, Reverend and Northern Irish politician.
2017.- Edith “Edie” WindsorAmerican activist, defender of LGBT rights.