The ephemeris of the day: what happened on August 26 | Events in Argentina and around the world

In ephemeris of August 26 These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out:

● 1810. Santiago de Liniers is shot dead in the Cordovan neighborhood of Cabeza de Tigre, after failing to stand up against the First Junta. The former viceroy, born in France in 1753, opposed the government that emerged on May 25 and saw it as a betrayal of the King of Spain, a prisoner of Napoleon. Liniers had been the hero of the fight against the English during the invasions of 1806 and 1807.

● 1906. Polish virologist Albert Sabin was born. Based in the United States, he has developed an oral polio vaccine that is more accessible to apply than Jonas Salk’s new intramuscular vaccine. Both have refused to patent their vaccines against the disease. Sabin died in 1993.

● 1914. Julio Cortazar was born in Brussels. He lived in Buenos Aires until 1951, when he moved to Paris. Story books like Bestiary, Game over, Secret weapons, Chronopios and stories of glory and Everything lights the fire they made him a famous writer. The release of HopscotchIn 1963, he catapulted him as one of the authors of The Boom of Latin American Literature. Other novels are The costs, 62 / Model to build and Manuel’s book. He was able to return to Argentina in December 1983, with the return of democracy, and died on February 12, 1984 in Paris.

● 1958. English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams dies at the age of 85. His works include nine symphonies, the Fantasy on green sleeves and Fantasy on a theme by Thomas Tallis.

● 1978. One of the most virtuous players in the history of Argentine football dies at the age of 62: José Manuel Moreno. El Charro was part of the mythical river known as La Maquina. He has also played in Mexico, Chile, Uruguay and Colombia.

● 1990. A massacre shakes Spain. In the town of Puerto Hurraco, in the province of Badajoz, two brothers from the Izquierdo family shoot at point blank range in the street, killing nine people. Several of the victims are from the Cabanillas family, rival of the Izquierdos. The dispute between the two families began in 1967, when a Cabanillas occupied part of a piece of land in Izquierdo. Around the same time, a Cabanillas killed an Izquierdo for not wanting to marry his sister. The death of the matriarch Izquierdo in a fire attributed to the other family rekindled bitterness in the mid-1980s. For the 1990 massacre, the two Izquierdo brothers were sentenced to 684 years in prison.

● 1996. Two days before his 78th birthday, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse died. He was imprisoned for his participation in the attempted coup of 1951. Released after the fall of Perón, he became head of the grenadier regiment. He rose through the ranks until he reached command of the army in 1968. He became de facto president in March 1971 and decided to negotiate with Perón, to whom Evita’s body was returned. The political showdown ended with the return of the exiled leader and the candidacy of Héctor Cámpora. In the meantime, Lanusse has faced the clandestine shooting of 19 political prisoners, known as the Trelew Massacre. He passed power to Cámpora on May 25, 1973. He published memoirs such as my testimony and Confessions of a General, and criticized the juntas of the shadow dictatorship that was installed in 1976.

In addition, it is International Dengue Day; and in Argentina, it’s Actor’s Day.