In the anniversaries of June 7 These events stand out that on a day like today occurred in Argentina and the world:
1810. Appears Buenos Aires Gazette
The first issue of the Buenos Aires Gazette. It is the organ for disseminating the ideas of the First Board, a few days after the May Revolution took place.. Mariano Moreno, secretary of the Board, is its director. The date is remembered as Journalist’s Day in Argentina.
1936. Lola Mora dies
Dolores Candelaria Mora Vega de Hernández He died at the age of 69 in Buenos Aires. Better known as Lola Mora, the sculptor was born in Tucumán, although it is alleged that her birth may have been in El Tala, province of Salta. She took classes with the Italian Santiago Falcucci and then settled in Rome. He was entrusted with a statue of Juan Bautista Alberdi and in 1902 he returned to install his most famous work: the Fountain of the Nereids, which scandalized the Buenos Aires aristocracy due to its female nudes. She alternated her residence between Argentina and Italy, until she returned permanently in 1915. She was commissioned to design the Flag Monument, but President Marcelo T. de Alvear canceled the order. With her health deteriorating, she lived in Buenos Aires in the care of her nieces until her death..
1940. The birth of Tom Jones
In Glamorgan, Wales, Thomas Jones Woodward is born: Tom Jones. The beginnings of his career date back to the early 60s, when he attracted attention for his powerful voice. His fame increased in the middle of that decade with several hits. His popularity remains valid in the new generations as a jury of the television contest The Voice. He is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and has sung in Argentina.
1952. Orhan Pamuk is born
The most prominent Turkish writer of recent decades is born in Istanbul: Orhan Pamuk. Titles like My name is Red and Snow drew attention to his work at the beginning of this century. In 2005 he aroused the solidarity of a large part of the world’s intellectuals in the face of the Turkish State’s complaint for not adhering to denialism. Pamuk publicly said his country was responsible for the Armenian genocide and was prosecuted. The complaint was unsuccessful. She has also expressed solidarity with the Kurds. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006. Other works: The museum of innocence, Istanbul. City and memories and my father’s suitcase.
1987. Humberto Costantini dies
The writer Humberto Costantini dies at the age of 63. His literary career began in 1958 with the publication of the book of short stories Just from here. Then titles like A tall, blond man with a mustache, Issues with life, Tell me about Funes and Banding. He was a member of the Revolutionary Workers Party and had to go into exile in 1976 in Mexico. Three years later his novel appeared Of gods, little men and policemenfor which he received the Casa de las Américas award. Back in Argentina he published The long night of Francisco Sanctisin 1984made into a film in 2017. At the time of his death he was working in The rhapsody of Raquel Libermana novel about the young woman who denounced the actions of Zwi Migdal, the organization dedicated to human trafficking.
1993. Farewell to Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrović, one of the best basketball players in history, loses his life at the age of 28 in a traffic accident in Denkendorf, Germany. She was 28 years old. She represented Yugoslavia until the 1990 World Cup consecration in Argentina. After the bloody division of the country, he went on to play for Croatia and won the silver medal at the Barcelona 92 Olympic Games, where he lost the final with the United States Dream Team (he already had bronze and silver medals playing for Yugoslavia in the Games of 1984 and 1988, respectively). He went through Real Madrid and came to the NBA to play for the Portland Trail Blazers, where he had few minutes. He was traded to the New Jersey Nets, where he displayed all his talent..
2001. Menem, prosecuted and arrested for weapons smuggling
Carlos Menem becomes the first constitutional president in Argentine history to be prosecuted with preventive detention for a corruption case. The former Peronist president testifies before federal judge Jorge Urso, who orders his arrest for one of the most serious events since the restoration of democracy: the smuggling of weapons to Ecuador and Croatia, which included the blowing up of the Río Tercero Military Factory to hide the lack of war material. The case dates back to 1995 and began in April 2001, when the magistrate ordered the arrest of Emir Yoma, Menem’s former brother-in-law.. Since then, several former officials have come to testify against Comodoro Py and have been arrested. Urso accuses Menem of leading an illicit association. He served his preventive detention in a country house, owned by Armando Gostanian, head of the Mint in the 1990s. He remained there until November, when the Supreme Court rejected the idea that government acts could be classified as an illicit association. The trial takes place between 2008 and 2011 and ends with acquittals. In the appeals case, Menem was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2013. He already enjoyed the privileges as senator for La Rioja. In 2017, the sentence was confirmed, with effective compliance, plus disqualification from public office, despite which he renewed his bench that year. The Supreme Court accepts an extraordinary appeal and orders a new sentence. Finally, in 2018, the Criminal Cassation Chamber closed the file and acquitted all those involved for not complying with the “principle of reasonable time” to reach a final sentence.
2008. Bernardo Neustadt dies
Bernardo Neustadt dies at 83 years old. Born in Romania, he came to the country as a child. His career spanned more than six decades. He renewed television journalism. He was an assiduous propagandist of the dictatorship and Menemism.as well as a staunch defender of neoliberalism and privatization.
2008. Dino Risi passes away
Dino Risi dies at 91 in Rome. One of the pillars of Italian comedy, He was the director of classics like Il Sorpasso, The monsters and Women perfume. She received a lifetime achievement award at the 2002 Venice Film Festival.
2015. Christopher Lee dies
Christopher Lee, emblem of horror cinema, ceases to exist at the age of 93. A veteran of the Second War, the English actor joined Hammer Studios. He took on the role of the monster in The Curse of Frankenstein and later played Dracula. Directed by Terence Fisher, he starred in The Mummy and The Baskerville Mastiff. He also played Rasputin, with the addition of having known Prince Yusupov, the mystic’s murderer, as a child. He was a villain in the James Bond saga. The man with the golden revolver. She joined the prequels of Star Warsin the late 90s, and then participated in The Lord of the ringsin the skin of Saruman.
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