Today’s Ephemeris: What Happened on February 15 | Hey …

In ephemeris of February 15 These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out.

● 1811. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was born in San Juan. One of the determining figures in Argentine history, he went into exile in Chile during the years of Juan Manuel de Rosas. In 1845, he published Facundo, the book that founds Argentinian literature, followed Provincial Souvenirs. He fought in Caseros and was Ambassador to the United States after going through the government of San Juan. He returned in 1868 to be president. During his tenure, the first census was taken, the War of the Triple Alliance ended and he made his project of integration through education a reality. After leaving the presidency in 1874, he held other positions and inspired Common Education Law 1420, adopted in 1884. He died in Paraguay four years later.

● 1948. Designer Art Spiegelman was born in Stockholm. He is the son of a Holocaust survivor couple. They settled in the United States. There he started his career. After Prisoner of the planet hell, will arrive his most famous work: Mouse. He tells the story of his parents. Persecuted Jews are mice, while the Nazis are cats. The piece won him the Pulitzer Prize.

● 1965. In Santa Monica, California, Nat King Cole dies at age 45. Singer and pianist, he influenced jazz in the swing era. His popularity in life was enormous, and lung cancer interrupted a successful career. In 1991, his daughter Natalie had huge success with the song “Unforgettable”, in which she sang with her father’s voice on a song he recorded in 1951.

● nineteen eighty one. An acute myocardial infarction put an end to Karl Richter’s life at the age of 54. Organist, harpsichordist and conductor, he was considered a distinguished interpretation of the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. He formed the Munich Bach Orchestra, with which he made reference recordings.

● 1990. Almost eight years after the Falklands War, Argentina is re-establishing diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom. London lifts the exclusion zone and visas are abolished. Carlos Menem’s government appoints Mario Cámpora as ambassador.

● 2003. The greatest human mobilization is taking place in different parts of the world to demand military non-intervention in Iraq. That Saturday, millions of people took to the streets of major cities, including Buenos Aires. European capitals bow to the demonstration, also London and Madrid, at a time when the United Kingdom and Spain are accompanying George W. Bush’s position to attack Iraq under the argument that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction.

In addition, it is International Childhood Cancer Day, according to what is established by the International Union Against Cancer.