The ephemeris of the day: what happened on August 3 | Events in Argentina and around the world

In ephemeris of August 3 These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out:

● 1492. Christopher Columbus’ expedition sets sail. La Santa María, La Niña and La Pinta leave from the port of Cadiz. The goal is to find an alternative route east to trade. Columbus is convinced that if he sails west he will reach the “spice route”. Ignore that there is another continent. On October 12, 1492, the Genoese navigator arrived in America.

● 1913. Not Enrique Mono Villegas. One of Argentina’s most notable jazz pianists, he was 19 when Maurice Ravel’s Concerto en G premiered in the country. He was in various ensembles and performed and recorded in the United States. He died in 1986.

● 1920. Phyllis dorothy james born in Oxford. One of the great representatives of the detective novel, signed as PD James. His most famous character is the policeman Adam Dalgliesh, whom he has traversed through several novels, such as Unnatural deaths Yes The crime room, plus twelve other books. From 1992, it is his first work of non-police fiction: Children of man, a story about a future in which they do not have children, and which was adapted for the cinema by Alfonso Cuarón in 2006. James died in 2014, at the age of 94.

● 1924. Joseph conrad died in England at the age of 66. He was born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in present-day Ukraine in 1857. His mother tongue was Polish, but he was dazzled by his story in English and Jorge Luis Borges considered him the quintessential novelist. He was an officer in the merchant navy before devoting himself to literature. Some of his most notable works include: Heart of darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo, The secret agent Yes The shadow line.

● 1926. In Queens, New York, one of the great voices of the 20th century was born: Tony Bennett. He came into the world as Anthony Dominick Benedetto. His career began in the 1950s and Frank Sinatra himself considered him the best singer of his generation. He has recorded with artists as diverse as Amy Winehouse, Alejandro Sanz, Lady Gaga and Elton John. He has sold over 50 million records worldwide. In 2021, he revealed that since 2016, he has suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.

● 1966. The comedian Lenny bruce dies victim of an overdose at 40 years old. Born in 1925 as Leonard Schneider, he became famous for his bawdy language. In 1964, he was convicted of obscenity, in one of the milestones of free speech in the United States. He received a posthumous pardon from New York State in 2003. His life was turned into a movie in 1974 by Bob Fosse in the biopic Lenny, with Dustin Hoffman.

● 1979. A military coup begins Africa’s longest dictatorship. Teodoro Obiang he overthrew his uncle, Francisco Macías, until then the first president of Equatorial Guinea. Macías is tried, sentenced to death and executed a month later. Obiang, born in 1942, rules the only Spanish-speaking African country (he became independent from Spain in 1968) with reports of human rights violations and corruption. He is the oldest non-monarchical ruler in power.

● 2004. A few days before turning 96, he died Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. Considered by many to be the father of photojournalism, he was one of the co-founders of Agence Magnun with, among others, Robert Capa. It covered the Spanish Civil War and World War II. He studied painting in his youth and returned to Tony Bennettntar when he quit photography in the 1970s.

In addition, International Family Planning Day is celebrated; and in Argentina, it is Sport Fisherman’s Day.