Tuesday 24 May 2016

Julia Porta - an almanac of december 17th

The day I was born

First I want to explane that I don't want to write about the YEAR I was born, but about the day. I was born the 17th December 2002, but I want to explain things about the 17th December of other years.

1500: Christopher Columbus was received by the Catholic kings chained after returning from the island “La Española”

1718: Britain declares war on Spain

1770: In Bonn (Germany) is baptized Ludwig van Beethoven.

1777: France recognizes the independence of the United States.

1790: Under the Zocalo of Mexico City discovered the Aztec Sun Stone.

1843: Charles Dickens first published his book A Christmas Carol

1843: Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.

1903: Kitty Hawk (North Carolina, United States), the Wright brothers made the first test flight of its first aircraft (the Wright Flyer).

1917: United States enacts Dry law.

1941: In World War II, the Battle of Sevastopol begins.

1946: In Cinco Casas (Spain) happens a railway accident, resulting in 21 deaths.

1961: Start of the Indian annexation of Goa, India by annexing Goa (overrun by Portugal since the seventeenth century).

1961: In the city of Niterói (vs. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) happens a fire at the Great American Circus, the greatest tragedy in the history of the circus.

1969: The United States Air Force Project Blue Book closes, research on UFOs.

1973: In the Rome-Fiumicino Airport flight bombing of a Pan American World Airways causes 32 deaths.

1983: In Madrid (Spain) 82 people die in the fire at the discotheque Alcala 20

1989: In the United States, Fox broadcast the first episode of the animated series The Simpsons.

2015: - The Force Awakens Episode VII: Star Wars premieres. (00:00 of the 18th December)