Today’s Ephemeris: What Happened on April 22 | Facts…

In April 22 anniversary These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out.

● 1937. Jack Nicholson is born. One of Hollywood’s most important actors, he starred in his youth in Roger Corman’s Class B films, such as The Little Horror Shop. For Easy rider was nominated for an Oscar for the first time. He obtained the statuette in 1975 for Trapped with no way out. He rehearsed in 1983, this time as a supporting actor, for The force of fate, and again as a leading actor, in 1997, for Best impossible. Among other films he has been seen in Chinese district, Shine, Red, The honor of the Prizzi, The Witches of Eastwick, Batman, Question of honor Yes Someone has to concede.

● 1951. Writer Ana María Shua was born in Buenos Aires. He became famous with the appearance of the novel The loves of Laurita, in 1984. Novels such as Death as a side effect Yes The weight of temptation, among others. He also published the essay Prohibited books and several volumes of short stories, such as Traveling you meet people Yes Like a good mother. However, it is in the micro-story that he leaves his mark: The dreama, Geisha House, Botany of chaos, Ghost season, Circus phenomena Yes War.

● 1985. With the statement of Ítalo Luder, the first hearing of the trial of the military juntas begins. The historical process places Jorge Rafael Videla, Roberto Eduardo Viola and Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri for the army; Emilio Eduardo Massera, Armando Lambruschini and Jorge Isaac Anaya for the Navy; and Orlando Ramón Agosti, Omar Rubens Graffigna and Basilio Lami Dozo for the Air Force. There is no trace in Latin America of anything like what Raúl Alfonsín triggered with the signing of Decree 158 three days after taking office. The Nuremberg trials and that of the colonels of the Greek dictatorship are the only precedents. Pero en la Argentina de 1985 no hay cuatro potencias ocupantes que imponen condiciones después de una guerra ni se evalúa la traición a la Patria: la Cámara Federal juzga a los comandantes por la puesta en práctica de un Estado terrorista que ha perpetrado violaciones masivas de los human rights. The sentence will come in December with life sentences for Videla and Massera and minor sentences for Viola, Lambruschini and Agosti.

● 1994. One of the dominant figures in American politics in the second half of the 20th century and one of the most controversial, Richard Nixon, has died. He was 81 years old. He rose to positions after fighting in WWII. Elected a member of Congress from California, he denounced an official, Alger Hiss, for being a Soviet spy. Hiss has claimed to be innocent her entire life, but spent five years in prison. The case was the platform through which Nixon reached the Senate. Dwight Eisenhower elected him vice president in 1952, despite suspicion of corruption. After eight years as vice president, he ran against John Kennedy in 1960: it was the first campaign to include a debate and he lost by 100,000 votes. Defeated in the election of governor of California in 1962, he seemed to be beginning his retirement. However, he won the Republican Internal Competition in 1968 and narrowly defeated Hubert Humphrey. In the White House, he withdrew the soldiers from Vietnam, but stepped up the bombing. He recognized Communist China. Reelected in 1972, he agreed to leave Vietnam and promoted the coup d’état in Chile. The Watergate scandal precipitated his departure when the illegal wiretapping network was discovered. In August 1974, he became the first President of the United States to step down.

● 2007. Highway Tourism pilot Guillermo Castellanos dies in an accident while participating in Comodoro Rivadavia. He was 40 years old. His death will be the trigger for a historic decision: the abolition of co-pilots, registered trademark of the category since its birth in the 1930s. The Association of Road Tourism Corridors studied the implementation of the measure in 2008, after the deaths in 2006, the driver Alberto Noya and his co-driver Gabriel Miller in a TC Pista race, but the accident at Castellanos in a Chevrolet forced him to finish the co-drivers.

● 2013. At the age of 72, one of the parents of Argentine rock dies: Pajarito Zaguri. Born Alberto Ramón García, he joined Los Beatniks, Los Náufragos and La Barra de Chocolate, before embarking on his solo career. He is considered one of the key names in the evolution of the genre since the mid-1960s, alongside Moris, Javier Martínez, Litto Nebbia and Tanguito.

● 2020. Marcos Mundstock dies at the age of 77. Announcer and actor, he has been a member of the Luthiers since the birth of the informal instrument ensemble in 1967. With his distinctive voice, he has been a presenter in the shows of the humorous group. It is through his stories that several generations have learned about the life and work of Johann Sebastian Mastropiero. Shortly before his death he was seen in the movie The story of the weasels.

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