Today’s Ephemeris: What Happened on November 10 | H …

In ephemeris of November 10 These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out:

● 1834. Birth of José Hernández. Critic of the centralism of Buenos Aires, he took part in the revolt of Ricardo López Jordán, whose failure forced him to go into exile in Brazil in 1871. Back home, he published in 1872 Martín Fierro gaucho, an epic poem critical of Buenos Aires’ policy towards the gaucho. Seven years later it appeared The return of Martín Fierro. He later became a member of parliament and a senator. He died in 1886. Martin fierro it has been consecrated as the canonical text par excellence of Argentine literature. Hernández’s birthday is the day of tradition in the country.

● 1919. In Kuriá, in the heart of Siberia, was born Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Soviet military engineer famous for having been the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle, which became the most produced weapon in the world, with 80 million units. . Created in 1947, the USSR incorporated the AK-47 as an official weapon until 1978. It came to appear on a national flag: that of Mozambique, which includes its silhouette. Kalashnikov died in 2013.

● 1925. Richard Burton was born in Wales. One of Hollywood’s most famous actors, known for his roles in films such as Where eagles dare, Equus, The spy who came out of the cold, Cleopatra, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Yes The sacred mantle. Nominated seven times for the Oscars, he has never raised the golden statuette. In the 1960s, he married Elizabeth Taylor. They were the most famous couple in the world. They separated and remarried in 1974. This second marriage lasted only two years. Burton died in Switzerland in 1984.

● 1928. Composer Ennio Morricone was born in Rome. One of the greatest creators of film music, Morricone rose to prominence with the soundtracks he composed for Sergio Leone, such as those of The good the bad and the ugly, Once upon a Time in the West Yes Once upon a time in america. He also composed the music for Twentieth century, The Untouchables, Paradise cinema Yes The eight most hated, which won him the Oscar in 2015. In 2007, he received a career Oscar. In 2020, he shared with John Williams the Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, which he has not received since his death on July 6.

● 1985. Flood of Villa Epecuén, in the Adolfo Alsina district of Buenos Aires. The continuous floods had raised the lagoon, a tourist attraction in the region, by about 50 centimeters per year. An embankment was built which separated the city from the lagoon. On November 10, the embankment gave way and an area of ​​one million hectares was flooded. The whole town had to be evacuated, with the exception of Pablo Novak, now 90, who decided to stay put and is still there. There were no deaths. The government of radical Alejandro Armendariz has been accused of failing to take measures to prevent the flooding. Villa Epecuén has been for years about 7 meters underwater. The descent of the waters laid bare the ruins of what was the city.

● 1993. At the age of 74, one of the world’s greatest cartoonists dies: Alberto Breccia. He was born in Montevideo in 1919 and as a child he moved to Buenos Aires with his family. He was a meat worker in Mataderos before devoting himself to drawing in the late 1930s. He has left such memorable works as Sherlock Hour Yes Death Cinder, with HG Oesterheld, with whom he also produced, at the end of the 1960s, a second version of L’Eternauta. In the 80s he drew Perramus, with a screenplay by Juan Sasturain. His children also devote themselves to drawing. Breccia’s death coincided with Cartoonist’s Day, established in the 1940s.

● 2007. The Ibero-American summit in Santiago de Chile leaves a memorable image. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez refers to the campaign against him led by former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar. His successor at La Moncloa, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, crosses the road to Chávez. In the middle of the discussion, another unexpected voice is heard: “Why don’t you shut up?” King Juan Carlos I launched in Chávez. The image goes around the world.

● 2007. In New York, Norman Mailer dies at 84. One of the most prolific authors of American literature, he rose to fame in 1948 with The nudes and the dead, novel about his experiences of the Second World War. Later they would arrive The deer park and his narrative centered on the 1967 march to the Pentagon against the Vietnam War, The armies of the night, a book that won him the Pulitzer, a prize he won again in 1979 for The executioner’s song.

● 2019. Coup in Bolivia. After three weeks of tensions around the October 20 elections, in which the opposition denounced the fraud and President Evo Morales maintains that he won in the first round and then grants the possibility of repeating the elections, the military forces his departure. In the wee hours of the 10th, Morales had announced the call for new elections and a few hours later the army let him know that he preferred his departure. Then, Morales leaves the post of president, just like his vice, Álvaro García Linera, and the holders of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Several governors are also resigning. The next day, Senator Jeanine Añez took office. Morales went into exile in Mexico while his home was ransacked. Normalcy would resume almost a year later, when Luis Arce, Morales’ MAS candidate, won the 2020 elections.

In addition, it is World Science Day for Peace and Development, declared by Unesco in 2001.