1593 – JUJUY FOUNDATION. The Spanish military Francisco de Argañaraz y Murguía founded the city of San Salvador de Velazco in the Jujuy Valley, which would become San Salvador de Jujuy, capital of the province of northern Argentina, the scene of battles in the war with Spain for the independence of the United Provinces of the Río de La Plata.
1822 – SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. A decree by the Buenos Aires governor Martín Rodríguez creates the Faculty of Medicine, it is one of the most recognized in the world. In 1827 the first three doctors graduated from that academic entity.
1882 – CHARLES DARWIN. At the age of 73, the British naturalist and physiologist Charles Darwin, author of the scientific work “The Origin of Species”, published in 1859, dies in the suburbs of London. Darwin visited the coasts of Buenos Aires and Tierra del Fuego on his way back to world with the British ship HMS Beagle for its scientific studies.
1932 – FERNANDO BOTERO. The Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero was born in the city of Medellín (Antioquia, Colombia), considered one of the most outstanding plastic artists, whose work is characterized by the corpulence of his figures.
1941 – ROBERTO CARLOS IS BORN. The singer and composer Roberto Carlos Braga Moreira, popularly known as Roberto Carlos, was born in the Brazilian town of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, one of the Latin American artists who has sold the most records worldwide: more than 150 million copies.
1960 – LIBERTADORES CUP. The Peñarol team from Uruguay thrashed Bolivian Jorge Wilstermann 7-1 in Montevideo. It was the first game of the brand new Copa Libertadores de América, the most important soccer tournament in America.
1970 – LUIS MIGUEL IS BORN. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rican nationalized Mexican singer-songwriter and producer Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri, nicknamed “the Sun of Mexico” or “Luismi”, winner of seven Grammy Awards. He has sold over a hundred million records.
1987 – THE HOUSE IS IN ORDER. President Raúl Alfonsín greets a crowd gathered in the Plaza de Mayo from a balcony of the Casa Rosada, announcing the surrender of Lieutenant Colonel Aldo Rico, leader of the “carapintada” military rebels during Holy Week to demand an end to of trials for crimes against humanity. “Happy Easter, the house is in order,” said Alfonsín.
1987 – THE SIMPSON. The Fox Broadcasting Company television network broadcasts the first episode of the successful cartoon comedy The Simpsons, which satirises the American middle classes and was created by cartoonist, screenwriter and producer Matt Groening.
The saga of the Simpsons, a dysfunctional family, went on to be broadcast on television channels around the world.
1991 – WALTER BULACIO. In a police raid in the vicinity of the Obras stadium after a recital by Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, the young Walter Bulacio was arrested, who died on April 26, 1991 due to the torture to which he was subjected in a Police station.
2011 – FIDEL CASTRO. Cuban President Fidel Castro resigns from the position of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. His brother Raúl Castro was chosen as his replacement.
2022 – AMERICAN ABORIGINAL. The World Day of the American Aboriginal is celebrated in order to promote respect for ethnic diversity and eliminate the stigmatization of the cultures of the original peoples. The date commemorates the Inter-American Indigenous Congress held in Mexico on April 19, 1940.
