Today in 1958, 65 years ago: cyclists Raúl Motos and Joaquín Polo died of heatstroke in the Vuelta a Portugal.
#OnThisDay
Today in 2003, 20 years ago: the Brazilian writer Rubem Fonseca receives the Juan Rulfo award for his work as a whole.
#OnThisDay
Today in 2003, 20 years ago: in the Spanish provinces of Salamanca and Ávila (Spain) a fire ravages 8000 hectares.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1936, 87 years ago: Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1986, 37 years ago: in Melbourne (Australia) Picasso's painting The woman who cries is stolen from the National Museum, which would be returned days later.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1783, 240 years ago: Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people (Tenmei eruption). The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1968, 55 years ago: in Buenos Aires (Argentina), the San Lorenzo de Almagro football team is consecrated as the first undefeated football champion of that country.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1854, 169 years ago: The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1693, 330 years ago: Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1946, 77 years ago: An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1526, 497 years ago: four days after the death of his companion on the expedition to the Moluccas islands, Jofre García de Loaysa, died in the ship Victoria Juan Sebastián Elcano, the Spanish navigator who in 1522 had completed the first trip around the world.
#OnThisDay
Today in 2020, 3 years ago: At least 220 people are killed and over 5,000 are wounded when 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate explodes in Beirut, Lebanon.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1952, 71 years ago: in Honolulu (Hawaii), the Pacific Council (formed by the United States, New Zealand and Australia) holds its first meeting and decides to create a permanent council.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1903, 120 years ago: in the Vatican, after five days of deliberations, the conclave of cardinals elects Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto pope, who adopts the name of Pius X.
#OnThisDay
Today in 2020, 3 years ago: In Lebanon, a pair of massive explosions in the Port of Beirut left at least 135 dead, more than 5000 injured and several missing.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1917, 106 years ago: the French inventor Lucien Lévy presents the aforementioned patent for a heterodyne receiver.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1704, 319 years ago: War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
#OnThisDay
Today in 2014, 9 years ago: a threat forces a Qatar Airways plane to be guarded by a British fighter as it approached Manchester airport.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1943, 80 years ago: in Daugavpils (Latvia) the highest temperature in the history of that country is recorded: 36.4 °C.
#OnThisDay
Today in 1999, 24 years ago: the Scot George Robertson becomes the new Secretary General of NATO replacing the Spaniard Javier Solana.
#OnThisDay