The ephemeris of the day: what happened on July 14 | Events in Argentina and around the world

In July 14 ephemeris These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out:

● 1789. The storming of the Bastille occurs, the event that triggers the French Revolution. The prison, symbol of the power of the absolute monarchy, fell into the hands of the revolutionaries, who freed the handful of prisoners who were in the fortress. It is a symbolic event, but with enormous political implications. King Louis XVI had convened the States General and favored the collection of taxes from the aristocracy. In the midst of great social discontent, events precipitate. The representatives of the third estate, the lower classes, take an oath not to dissolve themselves until they have given a Constitution to France. After July 14 there will be a National Constituent Assembly, which will draft the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the Constitution of 1791. Louis XVI falls and is guillotined in 1793. The revolutionary dynamic will lead in 1799 to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. The date is the French national holiday.

● 1918. In Uppsala, one of the greatest directors in history was born: Ingmar Bergman. Son of a Lutheran pastor, he started out as a screenwriter. Wild strawberries Yes The seventh seal, released in the months of 1957, launched it into world recognition. With The girl’s fountain Yes Like in a mirror it won two consecutive Oscars for best foreign film. Then they would come, among other titles, Nobody, Screams and whispers, Scenes of married life, The magic flute, Autumn Sonata Yes Fanny and Alexandre. He wrote an autobiographical book: magic lantern. He died in 2007.

● 1929. Julio de Grazia was born. One of Argentina’s most versatile actors, he was popular as Mojarrita in the film saga of The super agents. He alternates between comedy and drama and shines in films like The lion’s share, Time for revenge, Soft payment Yes Waiting for the cart. He committed suicide in 1989. His brother Alfonso was also a prominent actor.

● 1969. The football war breaks out between Honduras and El Salvador. The conflict lasts four days and takes its name from the match that the national teams of the two countries played in Mexico three weeks before, and in which El Salvador eliminated Honduras in the 1970 World Cup qualifiers. war lie in the emigration of Salvadorans to Honduras. The government of Tegucigalpa expropriated the land of peasants who arrived from the neighboring country and expelled the day laborers from El Salvador. At the same time, a paramilitary group called La Mancha Brava was active. On July 14, Salvadoran troops invaded Honduras, and fighting continued until July 18, when the OAS negotiated a ceasefire, at a time of Salvadoran military rule. Between 4,000 and 6,000 people die and the deportations of Salvadorans continue, worsening the social situation in this country. The two suitors entered the 1970s with a predominance of the military in their internal political life.

● 1993. At 76, Léo Ferré, one of the greatest representatives of song French. An anarchist activist, he studied philosophy before turning to music. He was one of the most popular French singers, along with Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel.

● 2003. In Havana, Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz, known worldwide as Compay Segundo, dies at the age of 95. His participation in the Buena Vista Social Club made him known, along with other Cuban artists, in the late 1990s. He was born in 1907.

● 2011. Tecnópolis opens its doors at Villa Martelli. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner inaugurates the mega-sample of art, science, technology and industry. The initial idea was to organize the exhibition in the area of ​​the Faculty of Law in 2010, for the bicentenary, but the head of government, Mauricio Macri, vetoed the initiative. They therefore chose the former barracks of the army that rose up against Raúl Alfonsín in 1988, as part of the third Carapintada uprising. The 2011 edition had more than 100 stands and lasted until November, with some 4.5 million visitors. The macrismo dismantled a good chunk of the property’s facilities starting in 2016, the penultimate time the annual exhibit was held from July through November, in what was the edition with the least public appeal. , with 2.6 million people.