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Centenary of the Foundation
of the Naval Military School
Centenary of the Birth of of the
Sky's Conqueror Francisco Sarabia
Valentin Gomez Farias
Angela Peralta
Frida Kahlo
Emilio Carranza
Jose Maria Luis Mora |
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7/1/1897
Is founded the Naval Military School in the port of Veracruz, by president
Porfirio Diaz.
7/1/2000 Dies
the American actor Walter Matthau.
7/1 Day of the
Engineer.
7/2/1820 Is born
in Tetela de Ocampo, Puebla, Juan N. Mendez, who was president of Mexico.
7/2/1911 Dies
the teacher and revolutionary journalist Filomeno Mata.
7/2/1915 Dies
in Paris, France, general Porfirio Diaz, president of Mexico for more
than 30 years.
7/3/1868 Is born
in Mexico city the naturalist, teacher and museographer Alfonso L. Herrera.
7/3/1900
Is born the Mexican airplane pilot Francisco Sarabia Tinoco.
7/4/1958 Dies
the mexican movie director Fernando de Fuentes. Among his pictures are
"Alla en el Rancho Grande", "Vamonos con Pancho Villa!"
and "Doña Barbara".
7/4/1997 The
Pathfinder space probe arrives to Mars.
7/5/1845 Is born
in the hacienda of Carrasco, San Luis Potosi, Filomeno Mata, teacher and
revolutionary journalist.
7/5/1858
Dies in Mexico city Valentin Gomez Farias, who was president of Mexico.
7/6/1840 Is born
in Temascalcingo, state of Mexico, the Mexican painter Jose Maria Velasco.
7/6/1845
Is born the Mexican singer Angela Peralta.
7/6/1848 The
war between Mexico and the United States ends with the Guadalupe Hidalgo
treaty.
7/6/1858 Is born
Miguel Lerdo de Tejada.
7/6/1907
Is born the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in Coyoacan, Mexico city.
7/6/1992 Dies
the Argentinean musician and composer Astor Piazzola.
7/7/1940 Is born
Ringo Star (Richard Starsky), from The Beatles.
7/9/1894 Dies
the Mexican composer Juventino Rosas, author of the waltz "Sobre
las Olas" (Over the Waves), in Surgidero de Batabano, Cuba. He was
26.
7/9/1955 Dies
in Mexico city Adolfo de la Huerta, revolutionary and ex-president of
Mexico. He was born in Guaymas, Sonora, in 1881.
7/11/1998 Dies
the actress Chela Najera, her real name was Graciela Martinez.
7/12/100 b.C.
Is born Julius Caesar, roman general and politician.
7/12/1865 Dies
in the city of San Luis Potosi, Ponciano Arriaga, lawyer, journalist,
speaker and liberal politician.
7/12/1902 Dies
the sculptor Jesus F. Contreras in Mexico city. He was born in Aguascalientes
in 1866.
7/12/1904 Is
born the chilean poet Pablo Neruda, author of the "100 sonetos de
amor" (100 love sonnets).
7/12/1920 Panama's
Channel is opened.
7/12/1928
Dies in the United States the airplane pilot Emilio Carranza.
7/12 Day of the
Lawyer.
7/13/1745 Is
born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Eduardo Tresguerras, neoclassical architect,
politician, painter, sculptor and engraver.
7/13/1925 Is
born in Mexico city the journalist and novelist Luis Spota Saavedra.
7/13/1942 Is
born the actor Harrison Ford in Chicago, United States.
7/13/1943 Dies
in Mexico city the composer Lorenzo Barcelata.
7/14/1850
Dies in Paris, France, the doctor in theology and intellectual of the
Mexican liberalism Jose Maria Luis Mora.
7/14/2000 The
Chilean drawer Rene Rios, "Pepo", creator of the comic strip
Condorito, known in Latin America, dies at 88 of stomach cancer.
7/15/1946 Dies
in Mexico city the engineer Miguel Angel de Quevedo.
7/15/1979 Dies
in Mexico city the lawyer Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, who was president of Mexico
from 1964 to 1970.
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