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Sarmiento was born on February 15, 1811
In the ephemeris of February 15 These events that occurred on a day like today in Argentina and the world stand out:
● 1811. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was born in San Juan. One of the determining figures in Argentine history, he went into exile in Chile during the years of Juan Manuel de Rosas. In 1845 he published Facundo, the book that founded Argentine literaturewhich was followed provincial souvenirs. He fought in Caseros and was ambassador to the United States after passing through the governorship of San Juan. He returned in 1868 to be president. During his mandate, the first census was carried out, the war of the Triple Alliance ended and shaped its integration project through education. After leaving the presidency in 1874 he held other positions and inspired Law 1420 of Common Education, passed in 1884. He died in Paraguay four years later.
● 1948. born the cartoonist Art Spiegelman in Stockholm. He is the son of a couple who survived the Holocaust. They settled in the United States. There he began his career. After Hell Planet Prisonerwould come his most famous work: mouse. In it he told the story of her parents. The persecuted Jews are mice, while the Nazis are cats. The work earned him the Pulitzer Prize.
● 1965. In Santa Monica, California, die Nat King Cole at 45 years old. A singer and pianist, he influenced jazz in the swing era. His popularity during his lifetime was enormous, and lung cancer cut short a successful career. In 1991, his daughter Natalie had a huge success with the song “Unforgettable”in which he sings along with his father’s voice in a song that he had recorded in 1951.
● 1981. An acute myocardial infarction ends the life of Karl Richter at the age of 54. Organist, harpsichordist and conductor, he was considered an eminence in the interpretation of the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. He formed the Munich Bach Orchestra, with which he made landmark recordings.
● 1990. Almost eight years after the Falklands war, Argentina reestablishes diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom. London lifts the exclusion zone and visas are eliminated. The government of Carlos Menem appoints Mario Cámpora as ambassador.
● 2003. The largest human mobilization takes place in different parts of the world to claim for the non-military intervention in Iraq. That Saturday, millions of people take to the streets in the main cities, Buenos Aires included. The capitals of Europe join the protest, including London and Madrid, at a time when the United Kingdom and Spain support George W. Bush’s position of attacking Iraq under the argument that Saddam Hussein’s regime has weapons of destruction massive.
In addition, it is International Childhood Cancer Day, as provided by the International Union Against Cancer.