The ephemeris of the day: what happened on September 28 | Events in Argentina and around the world

In ephemeris of September 28 These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out:

● 1924. In Fontana Liri, south of Rome, Marcello Mastroianni was born, one of the great faces of Italian cinema. Federico Fellini’s favorite actor, starred in The sweet life and Eight and a half, as well as other classics: sleepless night, Old strangers, Companions, Italian divorce, A very special day and Holds Pereira. He died in 1996.

● 1932. Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara was born. Renovator of popular song, he left behind classics like “I remember you Amanda” and “Prayer for a labrador”. He was assassinated by the Pinochet dictatorship a few days after the coup that overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973.

● 1951. An attempted military coup against Juan Domingo Perón fails, 40 days before the presidential elections. The loyal forces defeat the rebels led by General Benjamin Menéndez. Among the rebels is a young Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, who will serve as a prison in Patagonia until the overthrow of Perón.

● 1966. Operation Condor is carried out: 18 Peronist militants hijack the course of an Aerolineas Argentinas plane which took off from Aeroparque bound for Río Gallegos and land it on the Malvinas Islands, where they hoisted the blue and white flag . Back in Argentina, they were arrested by the dictatorship of Juan Carlos Onganía. The head of the operation was Dardo Cabo, who was assassinated by the dictatorship in 1977. Two other members of the group were also killed by state terrorism.

● 1978. Pope John Paul I dies at the age of 65, after only 33 days of pontificate. Born Albino Luciani, his death led to suspicion of murder. To this day, he is the last Italian Pope.

● 1991. In Santa Monica, California, Miles Davis passes away. The trumpeter was 65 years old and had been one of jazz’s greatest renovators since the late 1940s. Records like Birth of cool, Spain sketch, Milestones, Miles ahead and especially, Kind of blue (for many the best jazz album of all time), they place it among the most influential musicians of the 20th century.

● 2004. A 15-year-old student enters the Carmen Institute of Patagones # 202 “Islas Malvinas” armed and shoots his classmates in the classroom. Kill three students and injure five more. The Carmen de Patagones massacre is the first of its kind in Latin America. The murderer had taken the firearm from his father, a prefectural non-commissioned officer.

In addition, it is the Global Day of Action for Safe and Legal Abortion, an initiative that emerged from the V Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Meeting in 1990.