In the anniversaries of April 15 These events that occurred on a day like today in Argentina and the world stand out:
1452. The birth of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was born on the outskirts of Florence. One of the fundamental men of the Renaissance in Italy, he stood out as a painter. Among his main works are The Last Supper and The Mona Lisathe most famous portrait in the history of art. He was also a sculptor, architect and studied human anatomy, something that he captured in his Vitruvian Man. As an inventor, he designed a mirror polishing machine and was an aviation pioneer.500 years before the first flight. He died in Amboise, France in 1519.
1865. The assassination of Lincoln
First assassination of a United States president. Abraham Lincoln He is shot in the head by actor John Wilkes Booth, during a theater performance, on the night of April 14. His agony lasts until the morning of the 15th. A week earlier, the forces of the North had prevailed over those of the segregationist South in the Civil War, which bled the country for four years. Lincoln had been elected president at the beginning of the war and was reelected for a second term that began a month before the assassination. His greatest legacy was the abolition of slavery.
1938. Claudia Cardinale is born
is born Claudia Cardinale. The Italian actress worked under some of the greatest filmmakers: Federico Fellini (Eight and a half), Luchino Visconti (Rocco and his brothers, The Leopard), Sergio Leone (once upon a time in the west), Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo). She is considered one of the most beautiful figures in the history of the seventh art..
1938. César Vallejo dies
Who for many is the greatest poet in the Spanish language of the 20th century dies in Paris: César Vallejo. He was born in Santiago de Chuco, Peru, in 1892. He shocked the literature of his time with his first two books: The black heralds and Trilce. He would later publish his first prose book: Scales and the chronicles of Russia in 1931. Posthumously they appeared Spain, take this chalice away from me and human poems.
1953. Attack during a speech by Perón
Attack in Buenos Aires. While President Juan Domingo Perón speaks in Plaza de Mayo, a bomb explodes at the subway entrance. 7 people die and 90 are injured. Perón incites the crowd, who asks for “firewood” and proclaims: “That firewood thing that you advise me, why don’t you start giving it?” Then, pro-government groups attack the headquarters of the UCR, the Socialist Party and the Jockey Club. The buildings are burned due to the indifference of the authorities. Roque Carranzafuture minister of Raúl Alfonsín, confesses responsibility in the subway attack along with twelve other radicals. They all remained imprisoned until 1955, when Perón ordered their release shortly before the military coup.
1980. Sartre dies
Jean Paul Sartre dies at 74. The father of existentialism left novels like The nausea; theatrical works such as The flies and Behind closed doors; and essays like Being and Nothingness and the existentialism is a Humanism. Due to his political positions he rejected the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964: it is stated that a decade later he tried to get hold of the award money. A companion of Simone de Beauvoir, he adhered to left-wing causes. He supported the Cuban Revolution and wrote the prologue to The wretched of the earthby Frantz Fanon.
1985. Hagler vs. Hearns
Marvin Hagler defends his middleweight champion title against Tommy Hearns, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The fight ends in the third round when Hagler knocks down his opponent. Despite its brevity, it remains in history as one of the most impressive clashes in boxing history.. The number of blows they exchanged in the eight minutes that the fight lasted, especially in the vibrant first round, is almost unprecedented. Hearns ended up with a broken right hand and Hagler suffered a cut on his forehead in the third round that required four stitches.. Hagler’s subsequent retirement prevented a rematch.
1987. Barreiro refuses to testify
Major Ernesto Barreiroone of the most notorious torturers of La Perla, the largest clandestine detention center in the province of Córdoba during the dictatorship, refuses to testify in court. The soldier has not been able to evade judicial persecution despite the Punto Final law and He takes refuge in a Regiment, which declares its solidarity.. It’s Wednesday and the business week ends: the next day will be Maundy Thursday. Barreiro speaks from the regiment to The New Province, who gives him a pleasant interview while Campo de Mayo revolts. It is the beginning of first uprising against democracy.
1989. The Hillsborough Tragedy
Tragedy in English football. Liverpool and Nottingham Forest face each other in the English Cup semi-finals in a neutral stadium: Hillsborough, in the city of Sheffield. An avalanche causes 97 deaths in the stands occupied by Liverpool fans. There was excess capacity and the stadium did not meet basic safety requirements. Although The tragedy has no connection with the acts of vandalism carried out by hooligans in those yearsand for which English clubs could not play international competitions between 1985 and 1990, Margaret Thatcher’s conservative government commissioned the Taylor Report, based on whose recommendations the State acted on security in British stadiums. In 2012 it was established that the police were responsible for failing to ensure security in Hillsborough. There were public apologies from the then Prime Minister, David Cameron. Victim number 97 was a young man who was in a vegetative state from that day until his death, 32 years later, in July 2021..
1998. The death of Pol Pot
TO at 72 he dies Pol Pot. Dictator of Cambodia between 1975 and 1979, he perpetrated a chilling genocide. It is estimated that up to three million people may have died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge regime.. The population was forced to live in rural conditions of extreme poverty, with forced labor. The war with Vietnam and the consequent invasion of the Vietnamese stopped the massacres and led to the fall of the dictatorship. After the death of Pol Pot in the jungle, the trials of those living responsible for the genocide began.
2019. The fire of Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame Cathedral burns. One of the greatest monuments of the West burns in Paris. The images under the flames of the temple erected in the 12th century move the world. The possibility of arson has been ruled out. the disaster was attributed to a short circuit. President Emmanuel Macron aims for the reconstruction to be completed by the Paris Olympics in 2024, although experts say the work may take much longer.
Furthermore, it is the World Art Day.
