In the ephemeris of October 9 These events that occurred on a day like today in Argentina and the world stand out:
1939. Nace Ernesto Acher
Born in Buenos Aires Ernest Acher. He graduated as an architect, but combined music and humor. He was part of Les Luthiers between 1971 and 1986. After his departure, he released the album Gameswhich combines classical works with popular music, and led La Banda Elástica, with which he recorded three albums.
1940. Nace John Lennon
En Liverpool nace John Lennon, one of the Beatles. Together with Paul McCartney he formed the most successful and influential duo of popular music composers of the 20th century. After the separation of the band, in 1970, started a solo career which he interrupted in 1975 when his son Sean was born, the result of his relationship with Yoko Ono. He returned to music in 1980 with the recording of Double Fantasy. Mark David Chapman, an obsessed fanatic, shot him to death on December 8 of that year at the door of his house in New York.
1946. Carlos López Puccio is born
In Rosario is born Carlos Lopez Puccio. Multi-instrumentalist, he has been a member of Les Luthiers since its creation, in 1967. In addition, he founded and directed the Buenos Aires Choral Studio. He has also conducted the National Polyphonic Choir.
1958. Pius XII dies
The most controversial Pope of the 20th century dies in Rome: Pius XII. Born Eugenio Pacelli, he was elected pontiff in 1939, six months before the start of World War II. He is criticized for his passivity in denouncing the crimes of Nazism. In 1934, when he was Vatican Secretary of State, he visited Argentina for the Eucharistic Congress.
1967. The execution of the That
Ernesto That Guevara is executed in the Bolivian town of La Higuera. The day before he had been wounded and captured by a patrol of the Bolivian army and the CIA. The revolutionary leader was 39 years old. The images of his body with open eyes that were shown to the world helped to increase the aura of the myth of him. He was buried in Vallegrande and his remains were recovered in 1997, after which they were taken to Cuba.
1978. Farewell to Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel dies at the age of 49 in Bobigny, France. The Belgian singer was battling lung cancer. From the mid-1950s he was an icon of French song. The ballad “Ne me quitte pas” (“Don’t abandon me”), from 1959, became his best-known song.
2007. Von Wernich, convicted of genocide
Christian von Wernich becomes the first Argentine priest to receive a sentence for crimes against humanity. in silver, the former chaplain of the Buenos Aires police is convicted of genocide. He was part of the terrorist state during the dictatorship, under the orders of Ramón Camps and Miguel Etchecolatz. The Justice imposes a sentence of life imprisonment for 34 cases of illegal deprivation of liberty, 31 of torture and 7 qualified homicides.
2008. Nicolas Casullo dies
At the age of 64 he dies Nicholas Casullo, one of the most prominent Argentine intellectuals. In his youth he participated in the French May. He went into exile in Mexico in the 1970s and returned in 1983. He directed the magazine Thought of the borders and He was a professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences. At the time of his death had been integrated into the nascent Open Letter space.
In addition, it celebrates World Post Dayin memory of the founding in Bern (Switzerland) of the Universal Postal Union.