Millions of events occur in the world every day, and many of these are recorded as historical, either due to the birth or death of someone famous or because some important event is remembered that marked a milestone somewhere on the planet. In the following note that we have prepared at Depor, we tell you what the anniversaries most important of this Wednesday, October 18.
What is celebrated in Peru?
- 1871: The Peruvian writer and playwright Manuel Ascencio Segura, author of notable works such as “Ña Catita”, “El Sargento Canuto”, “Blasco Núñez de Vela”, among others, has died.
- 1989: Peru grants Bolivia two free zones in the ports of Matarani and Ilo.
- He October 18 Every year the main processional route of the Lord of Miracles takes place.
What is celebrated worldwide?
- World Nature Protection Day.
- European Day against Trafficking in Human Beings.
- World Menopause Day.
- 1851: “Moby Dick”, the novel by Herman Melville, is published under the first title “The whale”.
- 1892: The first intercity telephone line in the world is inaugurated, between New York and Chicago.
- 1922: The British Broadcasting Company, the British BBC television network, is born.
- 1958: “Tennis for two”, the first graphic video game, is presented.
- 1961: New York premiere of the musical film “West side story”.
- 1967: Premiere in the US of the Disney film “The Jungle Book”.
- 1968: American Bob Beamon sets the world record of 8.90 meters in the long jump at the Olympic Games in Mexico.
- 1970: Krim Belkacem, former head of the Algerian FLN, is found murdered in a hotel in Frankfurt (Germany).
- 1976: The first issue of the Diario 16 newspaper is on sale.
- 1977: The Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, known as “Piramidón”, was inaugurated.
- 1981: The Greek Socialist Party (PASOK) wins the general elections and Andreas Papandreou becomes the first socialist minister in the history of Greece.
- 1986: Pilar Miró is appointed director of RTVE, the first woman in that position.
- 1989: Erich Honecker, president of the German Democratic Republic and general secretary of the Communist Party, resigns.
- 1991: Israel and the USSR reestablish diplomatic relations, interrupted in 1967 after the Six-Day War.
- 1997: The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao opens.
- 1999: The Spaniard Javier Solana takes office as High Representative of the common foreign and security policy of the EU (“mister CFSP”). The brothers José and David, “Estopa”, publish their first self-titled album.
- 2003: Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque begins his second space scientific mission.
- 2007: 140 people die and 550 are injured in an attack on the passing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s motorcade in Karachi (Pakistan).
- 2011: They release the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, kidnapped in 2006, in exchange for a thousand Palestinian prisoners.
- 2012: The Government of Colombia and the FARC guerrilla constitute the table for peace negotiations in Norway.
- 2014: Founding assembly of Podemos, in the Vistalegre palace in Madrid.
- 2018: The Supreme Court supports that the bank and the client pay the mortgage tax, but days later it reverses itself.
- 2019: More than half a million people, according to the Guàrdia Urbana, are gathering on Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona against the “procés” ruling.
- 2020: Ersin Tatar wins the presidential elections of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a country recognized only by Turkey.
- 2022: Carla Antonelli, the first transsexual deputy, requests her resignation from the PSOE.
Most important births
- 1130: Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher.
- 1405: Pius II, pope of the Catholic Church.
- 1634: Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator.
- 1777: Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet.
- 1785: Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet.
- 1792: Lucas Alamán, Mexican politician and historian.
- 1837: Ramón Corona, Mexican military man and politician.
- 1882: Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (d. 1917).
Most important deaths
- 1931: Thomas Edison, American inventor.
- 1955: José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher and writer.
- 1966: Elizabeth Arden, founder of the cosmetics brand.
- nineteen ninety five: Franco Fabrizi, Italian actor.
- 1997: Roberto Goizueta, Cuban, former president of Coca-Cola.
- 2005: Alexander Yakovlev, ideologist of Perestroika.
- 2012: Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress.
- 2015: Gamal al Ghitany, Egyptian writer.
- 2020: José Padilla, Spanish DJ, father of “chill out” and Tomás Herrera, Cuban basketball player.
- 2021: Concha Márquez Piquer, Spanish copla singer, Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State; Miguel Palmer, Mexican actor.
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