Today’s Ephemeris: What Happened on April 11 | Facts…

In April 11 anniversary These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out.

● 1944. Birth of Alberto Demiddi, the greatest rower in Argentine history. He won the bronze medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico and won the silver medal four years later in Munich as a couple. Twelve consecutive times, he has been champion of Argentina and four times he has won the South American title. He won the world title in 1970 in Canada. He also won gold medals at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg 67 and Cali 71, as well as at the Olimpia de Oro in 1969 and 1971. He died in 2000. The day of his birth is remembered in Argentina as on the rower’s day.

● 1983. The spanish film Restart, directed by José Luis Garci (director of Current subjects Yes Alone in the early morning), made history by becoming the first Spanish-language film to win the Oscar. The film starring Antonio Ferrandis and Encarna Paso focuses on a writer who returns in his old age to the city of Gijón.

● 2001. In a 2002 Japan-Korea World Cup qualifying game, Australia beat American Samoa 31-0. It was the biggest win ever between teams. The First Half ends 16-0. Archie Thompson scores 13 goals. The difference is so big that the stadium poster registered 32 goals at the end and there were reporters who lost count and awarded Thompson one more goal.

● 2002. Coup in Venezuela against Hugo Chávez. An opposition march leads to clashes with groups of government supporters and 18 are dead. The military commanders take advantage of this and take up arms. They arrest Chávez and announce his resignation. Pedro Carmona, head of the country’s main business group, takes the de facto presidency. Popular mobilization, the lack of international recognition of the new government and loyal military personnel succeeded in bringing Chávez back to power three days later.

● 2007. Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84. One of the authors who mixed satire and science fiction in his work, published headlines Mermaids of the titan Yes Galapagos. He is also the author of Slaughterhouse five, which focuses on his traumatic experience during the Dresden bombing, and Champions breakfast.

● 2009. Two weeks before her 82nd birthday, Spanish writer María del Socorro Tellado López, better known as Corín Tellado, died in Gijón. She is the author of some 5,000 novels and stories since 1946, in the genre of romantic literature. They have translated her into 27 languages ​​and it is estimated that she has sold 400 million copies along with her serials, making her the best-selling author in the language. Some of his work has reached film and television.

● 2014. Alfredo Alcón dies, a glory of scenic art in Argentina. He shone in theater and cinema, as well as in television cycles. On the tables he was seen in Shakespeare’s plays, in Long journey into the night by O’Neill, and Peer Gynt Ibsen, and The paths of Federico, with texts by García Lorca. In cinema he was a fetish actor for Leopoldo Torre Nilsson in films such as A handsome man from the 900, Martin fierro, The saint of the sword, The maffia Yes Painted mouths. He also acted in Nazareno Cruz and the wolf by Leonardo Favio and was the voice of Cortázar marked by Tristán Bauer.

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