The ephemeris of the day: what happened on August 20 | Events in Argentina and around the world

In ephemeris of August 20 These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out:

● 1906. Historian José María Rosa, one of the main representatives of revisionism, was born. He was a member of the Progressive Democratic Party and moved closer to Peronism. Pursued by the Liberator, he went into exile in Spain. He was president of the Juan Manuel de Rosas Institute for Historical Research and Ambassador to Paraguay. His works include The fall of the roses, Urquiza’s declaration and The Paraguayan War and the Argentinian Montoneras. his argentinian history reached 17 volumes. He died in 1991.

● 1957. HIV victim Carlos Jáuregui, activist for gay rights, dies. He was 38 years old. He led the first Lesbian Gay Pride marches and confronted the Church, in addition to promoting civil union projects. He was the first president of the Argentine homosexual community and founded Gays por los Derechos Civiles. Her brother Roberto also died of HIV. A metro station bears his name.

● 1968. Warsaw Pact tanks crush the Prague Spring. Alexander Dubcek’s attempt to open is interrupted by the invasion of Czechoslovakia ordered by Leonid Brezhnev. Gustav Husak became the country’s new communist leader until 1989. It is estimated that over half a million soldiers came to Czechoslovakia to crush Dubcek’s reforms.

● 1988. After nearly eight years of fighting, the war between Iran and Iraq ends. The cessation of hostilities is declared and the two countries are declared victorious. The fight began in September 1980, when Saddam Hussein’s troops attacked Iran with the idea of ​​annexing the Shatt al-Arab region. The conflict led to a war of attrition in which the Iraqis became attached to Iranian territory. Hussein used chemical weapons. The two suitors accepted a UN resolution when they saw that they could not win and that the borders in force at the start of hostilities were maintained. In total, there were a million deaths.

● 1995. At 68, the father of Maltese short: Hugo Pratt. He was born in Italy and after World War II he moved to Argentina. He worked with Héctor Germán Oesterheld, with whom he directed Ernie Pike, and gave drawing lessons with Alberto Breccia. He returned to Italy in 1962 and five years later he saw the light Maltese short, his most famous creation.

● 2017. Jerry Lewis dies at 91. One of the most popular actors in the history of cinema, he formed a duet in the 1950s with Dean Martin. After the duo split, he made history with films like You, my bunny and me, Buttons and The mad professor. He was later seen in The king of comedyby Martin Scorsese, with Robert De Niro. For decades, he ran a charity television marathon to raise funds in the fight against muscular dystrophy. He received an Oscar for his charitable work in 2009.

● 2018. María Isabel Chorobik de Mariani, emblem of human rights, has died at the age of 94. Born in San Rafael, Mendoza, she married musician Enrique Mariani. On November 24, 1976, during a brutal operation, his stepdaughter, Diana Teruggi, was killed along with four other people. The repressors took the baby of Clara Anahí, Daniel Mariani and Teruggi. Chicha’s son Mariani was murdered in 1977. She joined the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo (she was one of its founders) and fought alongside her husband (who died in 2003) to find Clara Anahí, whose research continues. He created the Anahí Association. Commissioner Miguel Etchecolatz was found guilty of the crime of Teruggi in the joint operation of the Buenos Aires police and the army. Mariani testified in the lawsuit against the repressor.