In the anniversaries of April 20 These events that occurred on a day like today in Argentina and the world stand out:
1889. Hitler is born
In Braunau am Inn, Austria, is born Adolf Hitler. He fought in the First War before founding the National Socialist Party, which brought together all far-right groups. Imprisoned for the failed coup d’état of 1923 in Munich, He spent a year in jail, where he wrote My struggle. He climbed positions with the economic crisis. An agreement with the conservatives made him chancellor in 1933. After the Reichstag fire he began his repressive policy. He established a totalitarian, racist and anti-Semitic state. With the remilitarization of the Rhineland he openly violated the Treaty of Versailles. Entrenched in the propaganda of his regime, he annexed Austria and the Sudetenland. With the invasion of Poland, the Second War began, in which the Holocaust was perpetrated.. He survived an attack in 1944. On the verge of defeat, committed suicide in the Chancellery bunkerwith Berlin about to fall into the hands of the Soviets, ten days after his 56th birthday.
1908. The birth of Lionel Hampton
The vibraphonist is born Lionel Hampton, one of the great jazz musicians. He accompanied Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa. He remained active until the mid-90s. He died in 2002.
1965. Alfredo Palacios dies
Alfredo Palacios dies at 86. In 1904 he had become the first socialist deputy of America. He again won a seat in 1912. He was elected national senator in 1932 and participated in the Constituent Convention of 1957. In addition, the Liberating Revolution appointed him ambassador to Uruguay. He was a presidential candidate for socialism in 1958.. In 1961 he returned to the Senate and two years later he was elected national deputy. He held a seat in the lower house at the time of his death..
1970. The suicide of Paul Celan
The poet Paul Celan commits suicide by jumping into the Seine River in Paris, at the age of 49. He had been born in Chernivtsi, Romania, and his real name was Paul Ancel. He turned his last name into an anagram and He was one of the greats of German poetry of the 20th century. During the Second War he was a prisoner in a concentration camp and lost his parents to the Nazis. Celan’s literary career began in 1948 with the publication of The sand of the polls. Other books are Poppy and memory, From threshold to threshold and Breath Spin.
1983. Pedro Quartucci dies
He died at the age of 77 Pedro Quartucci. As a boxer, won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympic Games in 1924. Then He went on to film and filmed dozens of films. However, he would be best remembered for his role on TV, as a father in The Falcon familyin the 60s.
1992. Musicians honor Freddie Mercury
Concert tribute to Freddie Mercury at Wembley, where funds are raised for the fight against AIDS, five months after the death of the Queen singer. They act, among others, George MichaelElton John, David Bowie, Annie Lennox and Guns n’ Roses.
1993. Goodbye to Cantinflas
Cantinflas dies at 81. The Mexican comic actor was born with the name Mario Moreno. The character he gave life to made him a celebrity inside and outside of Mexico, starting with There is the detail. He came to Hollywood with Around the World in 80 Dayswhich earned him a Golden Globe. He performed until the early 1980s and then retired. His character characteristic became a verb. For the Royal Spanish Academy, cantinflear is “to speak or act in a crazy and incongruous way and without saying anything of substance”.
1999. Columbine school massacre
Two teenagers, 17 and 18 years old, enter the building armed Columbine High School, in the state of Colorado and kill twelve students and a teacher. Another 27 people are injured. The murderers commit suicide. The massacre opens a debate about gun control and free access to them in the United States. Its aspects were addressed in 2002 in the documentary Bowling for Columbineby Michael Moore.
2008. Fernando Lugo, president of Paraguay
In the fifth presidential elections held in Paraguay since the fall of Alfredo Stroessner, Fernando Lugo prevails at the head of an opposition alliance that unseats the hegemonic Colorado Party from powerwho ruled since 1947. Lugo, bishop of San Pedro, obtains 41 percent of the votes. He resigned from the diocese to dedicate himself to politics. He governed until his dismissal in 2012.in a controversial political trial. Today he is a senator.
2011. Osvaldo Miranda dies
He dies at 95 Osvaldo Miranda. Radio, theater, film and television actor, he was a leading man in productions in the 40s and 50s. He acted in films such as The old piggy bank, Tomorrow I will commit suicide, Felipe’s complex and Boys from before didn’t use hair gel.. On television he starred in cycles such as The girl and My brother in law.
2020. Fontova dies
Passes away Horacio Fontova, at 73 years old. A versatile artist, he was a musician, actor, comedian and cartoonist. He illustrated the magazine The Imaginary Express in the second half of the 70s. He achieved popularity with the Fontova group and his nephews and then accompanied Jorge Guinzburg in Nothing is worse. Circumstantially he joined Les Luthiers as a replacement for Daniel Rabinovich. Published the book of stories Moody and appeared in the movies Avalay and Foosball.
2022. Goodbye to Hilda Bernard
At 101 years old, Hilda Bernard dies. He was born in Puerto Deseado, province of Santa Cruz, in 1920.He had a career spanning more than seven decades in radio, film, theater and television.. She participated in countless productions, but was linked to her roles in youth strips such as Little ones, Rebel way and Floricienta. Six months before he died, he had been infected with coronavirus and was able to recover.
Furthermore, it is the Cannabis Use Day.
