Today in 1959, 64 years ago: In Asunción (Paraguay), radio host and dancer Bernardo Aranda was murdered in the context of a homophobic crime. Alfredo Stroessner's right-wing dictatorship produces a list of 108 known homosexuals and imprisons them as suspects. (To this day, in Paraguay male homosexuals are called “108”).
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Today in 1886, 137 years ago: the Grasshopper-Club was founded in Zurich (Switzerland).
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Today in 1878, 145 years ago: Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
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Today in 1939, 84 years ago: World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
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Today in 2016, 7 years ago: in Venezuela, the political opposition foresees a mobilization to the capital of the country called the "Taking of Caracas", with the purpose of pressuring the government of Nicolás Maduro, to carry out the recall referendum.
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Today in 1802, 221 years ago: in Buenos Aires, Dr. Juan Hipólito Vieytes puts on sale the first issue of the Weekly of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce.
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Today in 2004, 19 years ago: in Beslan (North Ossetia), Chechen terrorists start taking hostages in a school (Beslan Massacre).
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Today in 1449, 574 years ago: Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.
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Today in 1991, 32 years ago: Uzbekistan becomes independent from the Soviet Union.
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Today in 1928, 95 years ago: in Albania, Ahmet Zogu establishes the monarchy and proclaims himself king.
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Today in 1804, 219 years ago: 3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
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Today in 1836, 187 years ago: Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
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Today in 1730, 293 years ago: the Timanfaya volcano erupts on the island of Lanzarote.
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Today in 1940, 83 years ago: in Ecuador, Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río assumes the presidency.
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*1972 – In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
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Today in 1961, 62 years ago: in Belgrade (Yugoslavia) the first conference of the Non-Aligned Movement is held.
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Today in 2008, 15 years ago: Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.
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Today in 2018, 5 years ago: in Mexico, the LXIV Legislature of the Congress of the Union enters into session.
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Today in 2022, 1 year ago: in Argentina, the young Fernando André Sabag Montiel tried to assassinate Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, triggering a 7.5mm Bersa gun in his face twice, which jammed and stopped him from firing.
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Today in 1994, 29 years ago: in Panama, Ernesto Pérez Balladares assumes the presidency.
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