eso ha pasado un 19 Diciembre
1907 : Explosion in a mine in PennsylvaniaOn December 19, 1907, a very violent explosion occurred in a coal mine in Pennsylvania. The mine, which was more than 3 km depth collapsed and 239 miners were killed. |
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1984 : Signature of the agreement for the return of Hong Kong to ChinaOn 19 December 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang signed the historic agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997. China accepted the principle of one country, two systems to enable Hong Kong to retain its capitalist economic system and its existing rights and freedoms. |
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1986 : Gorbachev released SakharovOn December 19, 1986, pursuant to its policy of political openness, the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev released from his exile in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) the dissident and physicist Andrei Sakharov and his wife Elena Bonner. Sakharov was exiled in 1980 following his severe criticism of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. |
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1997 : Release of the movie TitanicOn December 19, 1997 was released the most expensive film in cinema history up to that date, Titanic, written and directed by James Cameron. The movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet and with breathtaking special effects won 11 Academy Awards. |
Actualidad del día : 19 Diciembre
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation |
Cita del día : 19 Diciembre
Jean Yanne The word freedom admits, by definition, no restrictions. |
Cumpleaños : 19 Diciembre
Leonid Brejnev, Secretario General del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de la Unión Soviética (1906) | |
Jean Genet, Escritor francés (1910) | |
Edith Piaf, Cantante francesa (1915) | |
Gordon Jackson, Actor escocés (1923) | |
Rufus, Actor (1942) | |
Robert Urich, Actor americano (1946) | |
Cyril Collard, Director (1957) | |
Eric Allin Cornell, Físico estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Física (1961) | |
Jennifer Beals, Actriz americana (1963) | |
Béatrice Dalle, Actriz francesa (1964) | |
Alberto Tomba, Esquiador alpino italiano (1966) | |
Alyssa Milano, Actriz americana (1972) | |
Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor americano (1980) |
Nos han dejado un 19 Diciembre
Emily Brontë, Escritora inglés (1848) | |
Alois Alzheimer, Neurocientífico (1915) | |
Paul Langevin, Físico (1946) | |
Marcello Mastroianni, Actor (1996) | |
Desmond Llewelyn, Actor (1999) |
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