Anniversaries of June 26: what happened on a day like today?

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The anniversaries of June 26 They include various events that happened on a day like today, Wednesday, which commemorates another year of the anniversary of the publication of Harry potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. This is the first book in the series of JK Rowlingwhich marked the writer’s debut as a professional author. This work introduced the story of the young wizard and the world of Hogwarts which, over time, was translated into more than 88 languages.

After being rejected by many publishers, the first edition went on sale on June 26, 1997 in the United Kingdom, with only 500 copies. Its popularity grew over the years, until in 1999 it was included in the list of best sellers From the newspaper The New York Times. Thus began the success of the harry potter saga which with its six books sold more than 400 million copies worldwide. Such was the fanaticism that the novels caused, that in 2001 the film was released and it became one of the highest grossing films in the history of cinema.

Anniversaries: what happened on June 26?

• 1819 – Juana Manso de Noronha, Argentine feminist educator and journalist, is born.
• 1821 – Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine soldier, historian, journalist and archaeologist, is born. He founded the newspaper THE NATION.

• 1908 – Chilean politician Salvador Allende is born. He was president of his country from 1970 until his death in the coup d’état of September 11, 1973.
• 1910 – A bomb explodes at a gala performance of the opera Manon at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. A dozen people are injured.
• 1913 – Maurice Wilkes, inventor of the concept of storage programs for computers, is born.
• 1922 – American actress Eleanor Parker is born.
• 1942 – Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil is born.

• 1964 – Zeng Jinlian Hunan is born in China, who would become the tallest woman in the world, 2.46 meters tall.
• 1970 – Argentine writer Leopoldo Marechal dies.

• 1970 – American film director Paul Thomas Anderson is born.
• 1974 – General Augusto Pinochet assumes presidential powers in Chile, nine months after the armed forces overthrew the Allende government.
• 1977 – Elvis Presley performs live for the last time at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.

• 1993 – The renowned American pop singer Ariana Grande, who is also an actress and songwriter, is born.

• 1997 – Published Harry potter and the Philosopher’s Stonethe first book in the series by JK Rowling.
• 2001 – The first draft of the human genome is officially presented in the United States.
• 2002 – Tragic repression at the Avellaneda Bridge in the city of Buenos Aires. Darío Santillán and Maximiliano Kosteki are murdered by the police.
• 2007 – Pediatrician Mario Socolinsky, also a radio and television presenter, dies.
• 2011 – River Plate is relegated to Primera B Nacional for the first time in its history.
• 2012 – Nora Ephron, American journalist, screenwriter and filmmaker, dies. She worked in You have an email, When Harry Met Sally and Julie & JuliaAmong other films.
• 2015 – The United States Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.
• 2016 – The expansion of the Panama Canal is inaugurated, a milestone of modern engineering that took nine years to build.
• The International Day to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is commemorated.
• Cartography Day is celebrated in Argentina.
• The United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is commemorated.

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