eso ha pasado un 14 Mayo

1955 : Signing of the Warsaw Pact


On 14 May 1955, the Soviet Union and its allies in the Eastern bloc (East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Albania) signed the Warsaw Pact, a security pact also providing economic integration, in the Polish capital.

1964 : First stage of the Aswan Dam


On 14 May 1964, Egyptian President Nasser asked Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, to cut the ribbon giving the start of the diversion of the Nile, to allow the construction of the Aswan Dam.
The Aswan Dam was financed largely by the Soviet Union and many Russian workers participated in its construction.
The dam was opened in 1971.

1973 : Skylab


On May 14, 1973, the U.S. launched their space station Skylab in orbit around the earth. The Soviets had launched their own space station, Salyut 1, in 1971.

1991 : Winnie Mandela sentenced to jail


On May 14, 1991, in South Africa, Winnie Mandela was sentenced to six years in prison for complicity in kidnapping and assault against four young people, abducted in a Methodist mission in Soweto, a township near Johannesburg. The perpetrators were the bodyguards of Winnie Mandela, members of the Mandela United Football Club, who gave rise to terror in Soweto, abusively using the name of Mandela. One of the victims, Stompie Seipei, died of his injuries.
The sentence was suspended on appeal.

Actualidad del día : 14 Mayo

Independence of the State of Israel
On 14 May 1948, Israel became an independent state. The British mandate ended, and David Ben-Gurion became Prime Minister.

Cita del día : 14 Mayo

Gamal Abdel Nasser
What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

Cumpleaños : 14 Mayo

Marguerite de Valois, Reina de Francia (1553)
Otto Klemperer, Director de orquesta alemán (1885)
Sidney Bechet, Caxofonista y clarinetista americano (1897)
Mrinal Sen, Director de cine indio (1923)
George Lucas, Director de cine americano (1944)
Donald R. McMonagle, Astronauta americano (1952)
Norodom Sihamoni, Rey de Camboya (1953)
Patrick Bruel, Actor y cantante francés (1959)
Tim Roth, Actor inglés (1961)
Marianne Denicourt, Actriz francesa (1966)
Cate Blanchett, Actriz australiana (1969)
Sofia Coppola, Director de cine americana (1971)
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Política francesa (1973)
Martine McCutcheon, Cantante y actriz inglesa (1976)
Carlos Tenorio, Futbolista ecuatoriano (1979)
Mickaël Landreau, Futbolista francés (1979)
Amber Tamblyn, Actriz americana (1983)
Mark Zuckerberg, Co-fundador de Facebook (1984)

Nos han dejado un 14 Mayo

Henry IV, Rey de Francia (1610)
Louis XIII , Rey de Francia (1643)
Fanny Mendelssohn, Pianista alemana (1847)
Henri La Fontaine, Abogado internacional belgo, Premio Nobel de la Paz (1943)
Sidney Bechet, Saxofonista y clarinetista estadounidense (1959)
Hugh Griffith, Actor galés (1980)
Miguel Alemán Valdés, Presidente de México (1983)
Rita Hayworth, Actriz americana (1987)
Christian B. Anfinsen, Bioquímico estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Química (1995)
Frank Sinatra, Actor y cantante americano (1998)
Robert Stack, Actor americano (2003)
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