The worst message ever to reach Houston from space. A world champion who was pride and a master actor of the scene. The Voice and the Gypsy
April 11 also accumulates good moments for the world of music with a milestone for a “Gitano”, and a song impossible not to applaud his interpreter.
Moments not to forget, a day like today:
Facts: 1970 (51 years) – Launch of Apollo XIII, the seventh NASA manned mission and the third to the Moon, which could not be completed due to an explosion that caused an oxygen leak, giving rise to the popular phrase “Houston, we have a problem.”
History: 1870 (151 years) An armed gang assassinates the general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, in his residence in the Palacio San José, neighboring the Entre Ríos city of Concepción del Uruguay. Urquiza, who was 68 years old, was several times governor of the province of Entre Ríos and president of the Argentine Confederation between 1854 and 1860.
Sports: 1944 (77 years) Alberto Demiddi, the greatest rower in Argentine history, is born. He won the bronze medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico and won the silver medal four years later in Munich in single sculls. Twelve consecutive times he was Argentine champion and four times he won the South American title. He won the world title in 1970, in Canada. He also won gold medals in the Pan American Games in Winnipeg 67 and Cali 71, as well as the Olimpia de Oro in 1969 and 1971. He died in 2000. The day of his birth is remembered in Argentina as the Day of the Rower.
Music: 1970 (51 years) The singer Sandro becomes the first Latin American artist to give a recital at the Felt Forum in Madison Square Garden in New York City, which that day filled with fans of the Argentine artist. The recital was seen live on Channel 9 for Argentina, in what was also the first transmission that was made via satellite of a live musical show
Cinema: 1988 (33 years) A great night of Oscars with endearing winners. Michael Douglas won for his starring role on Wall Street. The singer Cher, best actress, for “Hechizo de Luna”. Scotsman Sean Connery won his award as a supporting actor, in “The Untouchables.” The best film of the year went to “The Last Emperor” and Bernardo Bertolucci, best director.
Deaths: 2014 (7 years) The actor and theater director Alfredo Alcón dies at the age of 84, who since his film debut with “Love Never Dies” (1955) acted in fifty films, more than forty plays and several TV soaps. Alcón was considered the greatest exponent of classical theater in Argentina for his work in Hamlet, Ricardo III and Rey Lear, among other works by William Shakespeare.
DISCS: 1966 (55 YEARS) In Los Angeles Fank Sinatra recorded one of his greatest hits, the song “Strangers in the Night” by Croatian author Ivo Robic which was adapted by Bert Kaempfert with lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. The recording featured session greats like drummer Hal Blaine and guitarist Glen Campbell. It was number 1 on the Billboard and allowed him to win two Grammys the following year. His famous final humming is part of an imporvisation of Sinatra that is the hallmark that identifies the song.
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