Escuchar
Las anniversaries of October 3 They bring together different events that happened on a day like today, Thursday when the National Dentist Day.
The date arises as a tribute to the day in 1917 when the Latin American Dental Federation (FOLA) in Santiago de Chile, when some professionals met to discuss some key aspects related to this profession that takes care of oral health and, in this way, the health of people. Almost a decade later, in 1925, at the second FOLA Congress held in the city of Buenos Aires, the Argentine delegate Raul Loustalan proposed that October 3 was the official date to celebrate Dentistry Day in Latin America. Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela are the countries that have this day dedicated to health professionals. oral hygiene.
Dentist’s Day is celebrated today in different countries in Latin AmericaPexels
Anniversaries: what happened on a day like today?
- 1226 – Saint Francis of Assisi dies.
- 1714 – By decree of Philip V, the Royal Spanish Academy is established.
- 1940 – Nacha Guevara, Argentine actress, is born.
- 1942 – Roberto Perfumo, Argentine soccer player, coach and sports journalist, is born.
- 1954 – Steve Ray Vaughan, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, is born.
- 1974 – The trial of President Richard Nixon for the Watergate affair begins.
- 1992 – Singer Sinéad O’Connor tears up a photo of Pope John Paul II live on SNL and causes worldwide outrage.
- 2004 – Janet Leigh, American actress, dies.
- Dentist’s Day is celebrated in Argentina.
THE NATIONAccording to the criteria of
