February 25: what happened on a day like today?

One of the hero largest on the continent and one of the most influential musicians of the world. This and much more are remembered in ephemeris of February 25 in Argentina and around the world.

• 1778 – General Don José de San Martín, soldier and politician of the River Plate and one of the liberators of Argentina, Chile and Peru, is born in Yapeyú, Corrientes.
• 1836 – Samuel Colt presents the first repeating revolver.
• 1841 – Birth of Pierre Auguste Renoir, impressionist painter.
• 1917 – Birth of Anthony Burgess, British writer and musician.
• 1936 – Birth of Jorge Jacobson, Argentine journalist.
• 1943 – Guitarist and historic Beatles member George Harrison is born. Among other successes, he composed songs like “Something” and “Here comes the sun”.

• 1950 – Birth of former president Néstor Kirchner.
• 1951 – The first Pan American Games are held with Buenos Aires as the host city.
• 1963 – Argentine actor Diego Peretti is born.
• 1972 – Birth of Myriam Bregman, Argentinian lawyer and politician.
• 1983 – Writer Thomas Lanier Tennessee Williams dies.
• 2005 – Pappo, considered the best guitarist in the country and one of the best in the world, dies in a motorcycle accident.
• 2014 – Death of Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist.

• 2017 – Death of Bill Paxton, American actor and director.

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