2023-07-22 07:04:54
In the ephemeris of July 22, these events that occurred on a day like today in Argentina and the world stand out:
1934. The fall of John Dillinger
Public Enemy Number 1 falls: John Dillinger. One of the most famous bank robbers of the 1930s is shot to death in Chicago. His girlfriend had ratted him out and the FBI officers are waiting for him outside a movie theater. He was 31 years old and the bulk of his criminal career occurred during the last year of his life. In between, he starred in two leaks with which he embarrassed the authorities. His story was made into a movie three times.
1944. The Bretton Woods Conference ends
It culminates in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, the Monetary and Financial Conference of the United Nations. In that meeting, the new architecture of the post-war economic order was designed. As a result of the deliberations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were born.
1958. The Di Tella Institute begins to function
One of the icons of Argentine culture of the second half of the 20th century is born: the Di Tella Institute. The brothers Torcuato and Guido Di Tella run the cultural research center with which they honor their father, Torcuato. A symbol of the avant-garde of the 60s, Alberto Ginastera, Jorge Romero Brest, Roberto Villanueva, Les Luthiers, Nacha Guevara, Marta Minujín and Alfredo Arias passed through Di Tella, among others. Di Tella’s activity lasted until 1970.
1969. Juan Carlos de Borbón is proclaimed Franco’s successor
Juan Carlos de Borbón is proclaimed successor of Francisco Franco in Spain. The dictator imposes the grandson of King Alfonso XIII (last monarch, who abdicated in 1931 with the advent of the Second Republic), who will be the head of state on the death of the Caudillo. The prince is 31 years old and with his appointment the question of the succession of an elderly Franco is settled.
1990. Manuel Puig dies
Manuel Puig dies in Cuernavaca, Mexico, after a gallbladder operation. He was 57 years old. Born in General Villegas in 1932, the writer had made his entry into literature in 1968 with The Betrayal of Rita Hayworth, which he followed with Boquitas pintadas a year later. The success of his second novel was immediate. Puig stood out with his serialized style and his mix of various narrative techniques. He went into exile after the publication of The Buenos Aires Affair. In 1976 his most famous work was published: The Kiss of the Spider Woman, which would lead to a movie and a musical. Later would come Angelic Pubis, Eternal Curse to Whoever Reads These Pages, Blood of Reciprocated Love and Tropical Night Falls. He is considered one of the most important novelists in Argentina in the 20th century.
1997. Goodbye to CE Feiling
CE Feiling dies. This is how the person who came into the world in 1961 as Carlos Eduardo Antonio Feiling signed, although he was always called Charlie. Originally from Rosario, he graduated in Literature from the UBA and taught in the United Kingdom. In 1992, his first novel appeared, the detective story El agua electrizada. A year later, a national poet saw the light of day, a novel in the key of adventures about the figure of Lugones. In 1996 the horror novel The Lesser Evil (made into a film as The Fugitive) was published. He was working on the fantasy The Emerald Land when he died of leukemia at age 36. He was a cultural journalist in various media and in his last years he worked at Página I12. In addition to his novels, he published the collection of poems Amor a Roma and an anthology of horror stories. His journalistic work was compiled in 2005 in one volume, under the title With all intention.
2005. Juan-Jacobo Bajarlía dies
The writer Juan-Jacobo Bajarlía dies at the age of 91. Lawyer with a doctorate in criminology, he was part of the avant-garde movement. He translated Ionesco and the Marquis de Sade, among others, and was one of the first to take an interest in parapsychology. He wrote essays on Jacobo Fijman, HP Lovecraft and Dracula, as well as plays and numerous collections of short stories and poetry.
2011. The Anders Breivik terrorist attack in Norway
Anders Breivik, a Norwegian far-right militant, perpetrates a double attack that leaves 77 dead and more than a hundred injured. In the afternoon an explosion is recorded in Oslo, in an area of government buildings. Eight people die. Two hours later, 69 people are shot dead on the island of Utøya. Breivik appears disguised as a policeman in a Labor Party camp, which the prime minister was going to attend the next day, and shoots at close range. The attacker is arrested. In 2012, he was sentenced to 21 years in prison, with a minimum of ten years and the possibility of extending his imprisonment.
2021. Palo Pandolfo dies
Roberto Palo Pandolfo dies at the age of 56 in Buenos Aires. His career began in the late 1970s with the group Sempiterno, when he was in high school, and he achieved recognition a decade later as the leader of Don Cornelio and La Zona. He later formed Los Visitantes and since 2001 he developed his career as a soloist.
Also, it’s World Brain Day and International Housework Day.
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