In the May 9 ephemeris These facts that happened a day like today in Argentina and the world stand out:
1904. Nace Grete Stern
Nace Grete Stern In Elberfeld, Germany. He studied at Bauhaus and began his career as a photographer and designer. He met the Argentine photographer Horacio Coppola, with whom he married. The couple settled in Buenos Aires. Stern would stay in Argentina after separating from Coppola. He dedicated himself to photographing the native peoples in the province of Chaco. Sight problems made her leave photography in 1985. He died at 95, on December 24, 1999.
1949. Billy Joel’s birth
In New York born Billy Joel. singer, composer and pianist, The single “Piano Man”, which gives title to his second album, made him a star. His career extends since then and is considered one of the greatest singer -songwriters of popular music. He has sold more than one hundred million albums and won six Grammy Awards.
1976. The death of Ulrike Meinhof
In Stammheim prison, in Stuttgart, Ulrik Meinhof appears hanged. I was 41 years old and He had led an armed organization, the fraction of the Red Army (Raf, in German), better known as Baader-Meinhof Band, for her and by Andreas Baader, the other group leader. Meinhof worked as a journalist while militating in the Communist Party. He went to the armed struggle, and with the RAF he dedicated himself to assaulting banks already made attacks against US capital companies. Baader and Meinhof were arrested in different operations in 1972. Two years later, she was sentenced eight years in jail. The appearance of his hanged body generated doubts about whether he really committed suicide. The controversy subsists. On October 18, 1977, Baader and two other members of the RAF were found dead in their cells of the same prison And it is still torn whether there was a suicidal pact or if they killed them.
1978. Aldo Moro’s crime
Aldo Moro in Rom is killedto. The former Italian prime minister, who ruled between 1963 and 1968 and then between 1974 and 1976, had been kidnapped by the Red Brigades on March 16. The leader of Christian democracy spends almost two months in captivity, with the whole country pending his destiny. The captors allow them to write letters to the democratic leaders, material that would later be the basis of The Moro caseLeonardo Sciascia’s book (the writer was a deputy and was part of the commission that investigated the kidnapping and murder). The missives were a way to intercede in favor of the freedom of prisoners. However, there is no agreement and murder Moro. His body shot at a bullet is found in a Renault 4. The guilty was never found and a high -level conspiracy is suspected to eliminate it.
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1998. A transsexual wins Eurovision
Eurovision Festival in Birmingham. Israel is imposed with the song “Diva”, which sings in Hebrew Sharon Cohen, better known as Dana International. The novelty is that the contest is won, for the first time, by A transsexual. He was born in 1972 as a man and changed sex in the early 90s. It is the third time that Israel wins Eurovision, and the triumph of Dana International coincides with the 50 years of the proclamation of the Hebrew State. However, his victory causes controversy. The ultra -orthodox describe her as “demon” and threaten her with death; In fact, Israeli TV did not send a commentator to the contest. Nevertheless, The triumph in Eurovision is greeted by hundreds of young people in the streets of Tel Aviv, who celebrate the first place as an achievement for the rights of gays in the Middle East.
2012. Gender identity and dignified death approve
The Senate of the Nation approves two laws that expand civil rights in Argentina. The Gender Identity Law allows trans people to change name, photo and sex in their ID. In addition, social works must pay sex reassignment if the affiliated person requires it. In the same session, the Upper House also gives the missing average sanction to the Law of Dignified Death. From the approval of that rule, Patients with terminal diseases or their relatives can request the end of the artificial prolongation of life or incarnate medical treatments.
2020. Adiós a Little Richard
One of Rock and Roll parents dies: Little Richard. He was 87 years old and was born as Richard Wayne Penniman. “Lucille”, “Long Tall Sally” and “Tutti Frutti” became immediate rock classics in the mid -50s. Praised and respected as one of the pioneers of the genrehe has also valued him for being one of the first to break racial borders in music when there was still segregation in the United States.
In addition, it is the European Day.
