The ephemeris of the day: what happened on June 19 | Facts…

In June 19 anniversary These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out:

● 1944. Francisco Buarque de Hollanda was born in Rio de Janeiro. Singer, composer, guitarist, Chico Buarque is one of the central figures of Brazilian culture. Homage to Tom Jobim, his career spans the 60s. Among his vast discography, the highlights are My dear friends, the live recordings with Caetano Veloso and María Betanha and their version of The three hundred opera, What is it Trickster Opera. He also dabbled in literature, with novels such as Budapest. In 2019 he received the Camões Prize, the highest distinction for Portuguese letters.

● 1953. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in the electric chair for espionage, in one of the most dramatic episodes of the Cold War. Both were communist militants. The case began when Sergeant David Greenglass admitted passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviets and named his sister and brother-in-law, the Rosenbergs, as the instigators. The 1917 Espionage Act provides for the death penalty, which for the first time is applied to civilians.

● 1969. Actress and singer Soledad Villamil was born in La Plata. He worked in cinema (A wall of silence, Life according to Muriel, same love, same rain, A red bear, The secret of his eyes, Jara’s cracks), theater (Hamlet, The revenge of Don Mendo, Her in my head) and television (Vulnerable, Guilty, Crazy in Love). He has published four albums, with themes of tango and folklore.

● 1993. English writer William Golding dies at 81. His work includes The heirs, The scorpion god Yes Paper men, among other titles. However, its fame is due to a 1954 novel: Lord of the Flies, which evokes the survival of a group of schoolchildren on an abandoned island. He received the Nobel Prize in 1983.

● 2014. Replacement in the Spanish monarchy. Felipe VI is the new king. He was sworn in before the Cortes, a few days after the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos I, who left the throne haunted by scandals such as his accident in Africa, where he had secretly gone to hunt elephants in the midst of an economic crisis; and the corruption case involving his son-in-law. Felipe is 46 years old and he is the first king who, by acceding to the head of state, swears on the Constitution in force since 1978.

● 2020. Cancer ends the life of Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón. He was 55 years old and had become the most widely read Spanish author after Cervantes. The colossal success of Shadow of the wind, released in 2001, catapulted it to fame. This novel began the cycle of The cemetery of forgotten books, which continued in three other novels: The angel’s game, The prisoner of the sky Yes The labyrinth of spirits. Before, he had published children’s books. The year of his death has appeared The city of steam, who compiles his stories.

In addition, it is the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.