Today’s Ephemeris: What Happened on April 16 | Facts…

In April 16 birthday These events in Argentina and around the world stand out:

● 1828. Francisco de Goya died in Bordeaux at the age of 82. One of the most famous painters in the history of art, he had a personal style that crossed several styles. His work includes some 500 pieces, including paintings, oil paintings and murals. The Caprichos Stand Out, a cycle of prints that includes his famous The dream of reason produces monsters, Carlos IV’s family, The nude maja, The dressed maja, May 2 in Madrid Yes May 3 in Madrid.

● 1889. Birth of Charles Chaplin. One of the best-known figures of cinema and of the 20th century, he arrived in the United States from his native London in 1913 to star in silent films. With his tramp character, he achieved universal fame. In addition to short films, he has directed and starred in films such as The Garson, The golden chimera, City lights Yes Modern times. He went to talkies in 1940 with The great dictator, his satire of Nazism. In 1952 he left the United States for the persecution of McCarthyism. That year he signed Candilejas, which in 1973 was screened in Los Angeles, 21 years after its New York premiere, with which it competed for and got the Oscar for Best Soundtrack. A year earlier, in 1972, Chaplin had won an honorary Oscar and in 1975 the Queen of England named him Sir. He died in Switzerland in 1977.

● 1924. In Cleveland was born Henri Mancini, one of the most popular authors of Hollywood soundtracks. He gained worldwide fame with the leitmotif of The pink Panther. His theme for the TV series was also very popular. Peter Gunn. His song “Moon River”, included in Breakfast at Tifanny’s, won the Oscar in 1961. In total, in his career, he received 17 Oscar nominations and four statuettes. He died in 1994.

● 1973. A car accident in the town of Villarrubio ends Nino Bravo’s life. He was 28 years old. Born Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis, he had become the most successful singer in Franco’s Spain. Its popularity has only grown since.

● 1984. In the Contramano nightclub, the Argentine Homosexual Community (CHA) is founded, the first collective that brings together gays. It was not until 1992 that it obtained legal status. Its first president was Carlos Jáuregui, who died of HIV in 1996. He was replaced by César Cigliutti, who died in 2020. Today, its owner is Pedro Paradiso Sottile. The biggest achievement of the group was the sanction of the law on marriage equality in 2010.

● 1987. Lieutenant-Colonel Aldo Rico arrives from the regiment of San Javier, Misiones, where he serves, in Campo de Mayo and riot at the infantry school, in solidarity with Major Ernesto Barreiro, accused of human rights violations that the day before He did not seem to testify in Cordoba and sought refuge in a barracks in Cordoba. This Holy Thursday breaks out the military crisis of Holy Week. The rebels demand an end to the judicial persecution of officers indicted for crimes committed during the dictatorship and who failed to take refuge under the aegis of the Punto Final law, which had closed the deadline for filing complaints in February. President Raúl Alfonsín returns urgently from Chascomús, where he was resting, and addresses the country from Congress, where he says “there is nothing to negotiate”.

● 1989. Uruguayans vote in the referendum to repeal the State’s Punitive Complaint Expiry Law, which prevents military personnel responsible for human rights violations from being tried during the dictatorship that ruled between 1973 and 1985. The vote negative is imposed with 57 percent against 43 inclined to cancel the standard. In 2009, a new plebiscite failed to overturn the law, the same day as the first round of the presidential elections. In some cases the law has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, but in Uruguayan law this concerns individual cases and not all.

In addition, it is the International Day Against Child Slavery; and World Voice Day.