1756 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART IS BORN in Salzburg, Austria. One of the most influential and outstanding musicians in the history of classical music whose work includes more than 600 creations.
1832 LEWIS CARROLL IS BORN British writer, author of the novel “Alice in Wonderland”, his most outstanding work.
1851 RAFAEL OBLIGADO IS BORN in the city of Buenos Aires. He is the author of the national epic poem “Santos Vega” and a member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
1851 MIGUEL CANE IS BORN in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. Politician, writer and one of the representative authors of the “Generation of ’80” of Argentine literature.
1871 YELLOW FEVER The first three cases of the epidemic appear in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of San Telmo. The disease left a balance of 14,000 deaths.
1880 THOMAS EDISON In Virginia, United States, the scientist patents one of the most important inventions in the history of mankind: the electric light bulb.
1901 GIUSEPPE VERDI PASSES AWAY in Milan, Italy. He was one of the most important composers of classical music and opera, author of the romantic trilogy Rigoletto, El trovador and La Traviata.
[1945 THE SOVIET ARMY manages to enter the concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz, Poland, where the worst crimes against humanity were committed.
1968 MIKE PATTON IS BORN in California, United States. Musician, composer and vocalist for the band Faith No More, which was very popular during the 1990s.
1973 PEACE AGREEMENTS The resolution establishing the end of the Vietnam War and the departure of US troops from the Asian country is signed in Paris.
1979 VICTORIA OCAMPO DIES in Buenos Aires. One of the great writers of the 20th century, she founded the magazine and editorial “Sur” and in 1936 the Argentine Women’s Union, for the defense of their civil rights.
2022 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST Day proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
