On August 25, 1825, Uruguay proclaimed its independence from the Brazilian empire and its incorporation into the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
OTHER EVENTS:
1580.- Spanish troops led by the Duke of Alba defeat the Portuguese near Lisbon, in the Battle of Alcántara. The kingdom of Portugal becomes Felipe II’s.
1825.-Uruguay proclaims its independence from Brazil and joins the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
1873.- The Cuban patriot and poet Juan Clemente Zenea is shot in Havana.
1897. – Uruguayan President Juan Idiarte Borda is assassinated in front of the cathedral in Montevideo.
1913.- US President Woodrow Wilson announces the economic boycott against Mexico.
1919.- Commercial aviation is born: A Havilland civil airplane transports two passengers from London to Paris in two and a quarter hours.
1920.- The French aviator Adrienne Bolland crosses the English Channel by plane, the second woman to do so.
1936.- The Russian revolutionaries Gregori Zinoviev, Liev Kamenev and 14 others are executed for attempting to assassinate Stalin and other Soviet leaders.
1944.- Liberation of Paris: General De Gaulle delivers his famous speech “Paris liberated!” and announces the end of the Nazi occupation.
1947.- Coup d’état in Ecuador: President Velasco Ibarra resigns in favor of Colonel Mancheño.
1967.- Argentina publishes the law that deprives communists of nationality and of working in public positions.
1983.- A coup in Guatemala overthrows President Efraín Ríos Montt one year after seizing power by force.
1988.- A serious fire destroys a large part of the center of Lisbon, between Baixa Pombalina and Chiado.
1991.- Belarus declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1994.- Typhoon “Fred” causes 1,261 deaths in Zhejiang (China) and 1,000 million dollars in damage.
1999.- The Bosnian Serb general Momir Talic is arrested in Vienna and transferred to The Hague, accused of organizing ethnic cleansing in Bosnia.
2000.- Former Serbian President Iván Stambolic disappears in Belgrade.
2001.- Prince Haakon of Norway marries Mette-Marit Tjessem in the Cathedral of the Savior in Oslo.
2003.- Al Qaeda takes responsibility for the attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad that left 23 dead.
2005.- Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in the US, leaving 1,833 dead and losses of more than 65,000 million euros.
2006.- The American company Microsoft presents the programs ‘Windows’ and ‘Office’ in Bolivia in Quechua.
2009.- The leadership of the Pakistani Taliban confirm the death of their leader in the country, Baitula Mehsud, after weeks in a coma due to an American attack.
2014.- Guatemala decrees a state of public calamity in almost the entire country due to the prolonged drought.
2015.- The Venezuelan Parliament approves the state of emergency on the border with Colombia.
2021.- The Astrophysical Journal publishes that British astronomers have identified a new type of exoplanet, “Hycean”, different from ours but with “promising possibilities” of harboring life.
2021.- Portugal prohibits the fine print in contracts with general clauses (banks, telecommunication or energy companies), to facilitate their understanding for customers.
BIRTHS:
1905.- Celia Gámez, ‘vedette’ and Spanish-Argentine singer.
1912.- Erick Honecker, German politician.
1917.- Mel Ferrer, American actor and filmmaker.
1918.- Leonard Bernstein, American musician.
1923.- Alvaro Mutis, Colombian writer.
1925.- Juanita Reina, Spanish singer and actress.
1930.- Sean Connery, British actor.
1934.- Ali Rafsanyani, former president of Iran.
1954.- Declan Patrick MacManus, ‘Elvis Costello’, British singer.
1970.- Claudia Schiffer, German model.
DEATHS:
1776.- David Hume, English philosopher.
1863.- Emilio Salgari, Italian novelist.
1900.- Friedrich W. Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer.
1981.- Bill Colleman, American classical jazz performer.
1984.- Truman Capote, American writer.
2009.- Edward Kennedy, US senator.
2012.- Neil A. Armstrong, American astronaut.
2017.- Ulises Juárez Polanco, Nicaraguan writer.
2020.- Jorge Sanjinez, Peruvian hero of World War II. EFE
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