In the ephemeris of july 29 These events that occurred on a day like today in Argentina and the world stand out:
1856. Tomorrow Robert Schumann
german composer Robert Schumann dies at the age of 46 in Bonn. The last years of his life were spent prisoner of mental imbalances and attempted suicide. His death found him in a psychiatric sanatorium. A key figure in Romanticism, he renewed the piano repertoire with works such as the Kreisleriana, children scenes and the piano concerto. He also composed the opera Genoveva, the concerto for cello and four symphonies, among other outstanding works. He was married to the famous pianist Clara Wieck and sponsored the career of a young Johannes Brahms.
1890. Vincent van Gogh dies
Vincent Van Gogh dies in the French town of Auvers-sur-Oise at the age of 37. Overwhelmed by depression, the Dutch painter had shot himself in the chest two days earlier. His mental illness had previously led him to cut off his ear. His production of 900 paintings and 1600 drawings was made in the last ten years of his life.. He was hardly recognized by his contemporaries and barely had the support of his brother Theo, an art dealer, who outlived him by a year. More than a century after his death, his paintings are sold for millionaire figures. The painter’s life was made into a film three times (by Vincente Minnelli, Robert Altman and Julian Schnabel) And till deserved a graphic novel.
1957. Ricardo Rojas dies
At the age of 74 he dies Ricardo Rojas. Born in Tucumán in 1882, he was a historian, writer, and politician. Son of the Santiago governor Absalón Rojas, served as rector of the University of Buenos Aires between 1926 and 1930. A radical militant, the coup leaders who overthrew Hipólito Yrigoyen imprisoned him in Tierra del Fuego. His house on Charcas Street is now a museum. From his extensive bibliography stands out the saint of the sword, his novel about José de San Martín. The date of his death is remembered as National Culture Day.
1966. The Night of the Long Canes
Night of the Long Canes: The Federal Police violently evicts five faculties of the University of Buenos Aires that were occupied in protest against the decision of the dictatorship of Juan Carlos Onganía to intervene in the houses of higher education and abolish the government regime emanating from the 1918 Reform The strongest repression occurs in the faculties of Philosophy and Letters and Exact Sciences. More than 300 teachers resign. A golden age for the Argentine university ends and a massive brain drain takes place.
1981. The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Di
Charles of England, heir to the British throne, marries Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. The ceremony is televised and seen by 750 million people around the world. The Prince of Wales is 32 years old, and his new wife has just turned 20. The couple will have two children and will separate in 1992. Lady Di dies in an accident in Paris, in 1997; while Carlos marries Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005.
1983. Luis Buñuel dies
One of the greatest film directors in history dies in Mexico: Luis Buñuel. He had been born in 1900 in the Spanish town of Calanda. He met Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca as a young man. He made his directorial debut with an Andalusian dog. They followed The Golden Age y Las Hurdes. After the Spanish Civil War went into exile in Mexico, where he filmed movies like The forgotten, The y trial of a crime. He returned to Spain to shoot Viridiana which, despite censorship, won the Cannes Film Festival in 1961. Later they would the exterminating angel, diary of a waitress, beautiful day, the milky way, Tristana, The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie y That dark object of desireamong other.
2000. The suicide of René Favaloro
René Favaloro commits suicide with a shot to the heart. The heart surgeon was 77 years old and faced a difficult economic situation, given that his Favaloro Foundation was a creditor of PAMI and other social works for several million dollars and had large debts. He explained his situation in a letter. He was born in 1923 in La Plata and developed the technique of bypass coronary in the United States. He joined Conadep in its first months and left it. His suicide causes shock in Argentine society.
2012. Chris Marker dies
French filmmaker Chris Marker diesthe day he turns 91. He is considered the creator of the subjective documentary. the short film The Pier, from 1962, launched him to fame. In total, he directed 46 films, between long and short.
2013. The Death of Walter Malosetti
jazz guitarist Walter Malosetti dies at the age of 82. She was born in Córdoba. He joined several formations and gave classes as Superior Guitar Teacher. He recorded with Oscar Alemán and in the 70s with the group SWING 39. He also accompanied rock musicians like David Lebón and Gustavo Cerati. He left an extensive bibliography on guitar technique and his son Xavier he is an outstanding guitarist.
Furthermore, it is the Human Values Day.