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150th Anniversary of the Death
of Simon Bolivar
250 Years of the Death
of Antonio Stradivarius
Carlos Merida
Christmas
Alfonso Reyes
Venustiano Carranza
First Centenary of the Birth
of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines,
ex President of Mexico
Silvestre Revueltas (at right) |
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 12/16/1770
Is born the composer Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827).
12/17/1830
Dies the liberator Simon Bolivar.
12/17/1951 Is
born Francisco "Curro" Rivera, mexican bull fighter.
12/18/1737
Dies Stradivarius, known for making very fine violins.
12/18/1947 Is
born the american movie director Steven Spielberg.
12/18 Day of
the Lottery Tickets Vendor.
12/19/1996 Dies
the italian actor Marcello Mastroianni at 72, of cancer in the pancreas.
12/20/1996 Dies
Carl Edward Sagan, United States astronomer and exo-biologist, at 62,
of pneumonia.
12/21/1984
Dies the Guatemala born painter Carlos Merida at 93, he was born on December
2, 1891.
12/24/1999 Dies
the mexican actor and singer Tito Guizar at 92.
12/25/1977 Dies
Charles Chaplin in Switzerland, while he was sleeping, at 88.
12/25
Christmas Day.
12/27/1959
Dies the Nuevo Leon poet and humanist, Alfonso Reyes.
12/28 Day of
the Innocents (equivalent of April's fool).
12/29/1859
Is born Venustiano Carranza in Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila.
12/30/1889
Is born in the port of Veracruz, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, who was president
of Mexico.
12/30/1998 Dies
the drawer and scriptwriter Jean-Claude Forest, creator of Barbarella,
at 68.
12/31/1899
Is born the mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas.
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