In the anniversaries of May 3 These events that occurred on a day like today in Argentina and the world stand out:
1930. Juan Gelman is born
is born Juan Gelman in Buenos Aires. One of the greats of Argentine poetry of the 20th century, his first book appeared in 1956: Violin and other issues. Titles such as Gotan, Ox anger, Wage of the wicked, Dibaxu, Country that was will be and Mundar. He had to go into exile and suffered the murder of his son Marcelo and his daughter-in-law María Claudia Iruretagoyena, pregnant at the time of the kidnapping. He was able to reunite in Uruguay with his granddaughter Macarena in 2000. Together with Osvaldo Bayer he wrote Exileand with Mara La Madrid, Not even the weak forgiveness of God. National Prize in 1997, He won the Cervantes Prize, the highest award in Spanish literature, in 2007, and wrote in PageI12 until his death at the age of 83, in Mexico, on January 14, 2014.
1937. The birth of Nélida Piñón
The writer is born in Rio de Janeiro Nélida Piñonfirst woman to preside over the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Daughter and granddaughter of Galicians, her family history is the subject of The republic of dreams. Published in 1984, that novel meant recognition outside Brazil. Other works: Bread of every day, wandering heart, Book of hours, husband’s shirt, The epic of the heart. He won the Prince of Asturias Award for Letters in 2005. He died in Lisbon in 2022, at the age of 85.
1951. Goodbye to Homero Manzi
One of the most important tango lyricists in history dies: Homero Manzi. Born in Añatuya, Santiago del Estero, in 1907, was a screenwriter and film director, but he achieved fame with his verses. Several of the most famous tangos in history were written by him, such as “Sur”, “Malena”, “Barrio de tango” and “Milonga del 900”. He also participated in Forja, a step prior to joining Peronism..
1968. The French May
After several days of protests at Nanterre University, eight students arrive in Paris to testify before the Justice for the clashes with right-wing groups in that house of higher education. At the same time, the police disperse a support event by Sorbonne students. That night, The strike is declared by the National Union of Students and the Teachers’ Union. One of the “Nanterre Eight” is a sociology student named Daniel Cohn Bendit, who becomes a leader of the student movement, to which the workers join. The most rebellious decade of the 20th century reaches its boiling point with the events of May 68. France is paralyzed by the strike and the Cannes Film Festival is even suspended. There are barricades in the streets and clashes with the police. President Chales De Gaulle announces legislative elections for June, which represent a defeat for the left.
1992. The Los Angeles riots
Three days of riots in Los Angeles. The cause is the acquittal of four police officers who in March 1991 had beaten a black man, Rodney King. Anger at the ruling generates the violent reaction. There are 63 dead and more than 2 thousand injuredand the George Bush government mobilizes the Army for the racial outbreak, unprecedented since the fight for civil rights, and which marks a precedent for the Black Lives Matter movement.
2007. The Madeleine case
In the tourist center of Praia da Luz, in Portugal, little Madeleine McCann disappears. The English girl was about to turn four years old and was on summer vacation with her parents and two little brothers. The little ones were in a room while their parents had dinner with other people in a restaurant 50 meters away.. At 10 p.m., her mother discovered the girl’s absence. The case moves the world. Madeleine never showed up and countless hypotheses have been woven. Even the parents have been suspected. Today a German man with a criminal record is suspected.
Furthermore, it is the World Day of Press Freedom and the World Asthma Day.
