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1 January 1820 (200 years ago) - pronunciamiento of Rafael del Riego in Las Cabezas de San Juan (Seville), in order to restore the Spanish Constitution of 1812
2 January 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Isaac Asimov, Russian-American writer
4 January 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Benito Pérz Galdós, Spanish writer
5 January 1970 (50 years ago) - death of Robert Gerhard i Ottenwaelder, Catalan composer
8 January 1990 (30 years ago) - death of Jaime Gil de Biedma, Catalan poet in Castilian language
13 January 2000 (20 years ago) - death of Enric Valor, Valencian narrator and grammarian
20 January 1920 (100 years ago) -birth of Federico Fellini, Italian film director
17 January 1820 (200 years ago) - birth of Anne Brontë, English writer
27 January 1945 (75 years ago) - libertation of Auschwitz concentration camp
31 January 1820 (200 years ago) - birth of Concepción Arenal, Spanish writer 1 February 1980 (30 years ago) - last episode of The Pink Panther
2 February 1970 (50 years ago) - death of Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic
6 February 1945 (75 years ago) - birth of Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter
8 February 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Josep Maria Ballarín i Monset, Catalan chaplain and writer
10 February 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Josep Pallach i Carolà, Catalan politician
10 February 1940 (80 years ago) - creation of Tom & Jerry
11 February 1990 (30 year ago) - Nelson Mandela is released from jail
15 February 1995 (25 years ago) - death of Guillem d’Efak, Majorcan singer
15 February 1820 (200 years ago) - birth of Susan B. Anthony, American sufraggette
27 February 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Mercé Pàniker i Alemany, Catalan social activist 1 March 1870 (150 years ago) - birth of Eduard Fontserè i Riba, Catalan meteorologist
10 March 1820 (200 years ago) - death of Joan Antoni Desvalls i d’Ardena, Catalan scientist
10 March 1995 (25 years ago) - death of Ovidi Montllor, Valencian singer
10 March 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Boris Vian, French poet
20 March 1770 (250 years ago) - birth of Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet
20 March 1880 (140 years ago) - birth of Vicent Marco Miranda, Valencian politician.
21 March 1820 (200 years ago) - birth of Evarist Arnús i de Ferrer, Catalan banker
31 March 1855 (165 years ago) - death of Charlotte Brontë, English writer 4 April 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Josep Benet, Catalan historian and politician
7 April 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Jordi Barre, Catalan singer
10 April 1970 (50 years ago) - Paul McCartney announces The Beatles' separation
13 April 1970 (50 years ago) - "Houston, we have a problem "
14 April 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Josep Benet i Morell, Catalan politician, historian and publisher
22 April 1870 (150 years ago) - birth of Lenin, Russian revolutionary
28 April 1945 (75 years ago ) - death of Benito Mussolini
30 April 1945 (75 years ago) - death of Adolf Hitler 6 May 1870 (150 years ago) - birth of Pere Coromines i Montanya, Catalan writer
12 May 1820 (200 years ago) - birth of Florence Nightingdale, English nurse
18 May 1995 (25 years ago) - death of Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress
22 May 1980 (30 years ago) - Pac-Man
30 May 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Antoni Maria Badia i Margarit, Catalan philologist 2 June 1970 (50 years ago) - death of Bruce McLaren, New Zealand pilot
3 June 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Joan Vilacasas, Catalan painter
4 June 1970 (50 years ago) - death of Josep Carner i Puig-Oriol, Catalan poet
9 June 1870 (150 years ago) - death of Charles Dickens, English writer
14 June 1920 (100 years ago) - death of Max Weber, German sociologist
16 June 1970 (50 years ago) - inauguration of Instituto Politécnico Superior, now Universitat Politècnica de València
26 June 1990 (30 years ago) - death of Manuel de Pedrolo, Catalan writer
29 June 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Ray Harryhausen, American visual effects artist 11 July 1920 (100 years ago) - birt of Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor
17 July 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló, Catalan president of IOC
25 July 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Rosalind Franklin, British scientific
27 July 1940 (80 years ago) - Bugs Bunny's That's all, Folks! ending credit 2 August 1990 (30 years ago) - start of the Gulf War
3 August 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Phyllis Dorothy James, English writer
4 August 1880 (140 years ago) - death of Joaquim Maria Bartrina, Catalan poet
6 & 9 August 1945 (75 years ago) - atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
14 August 1870 (150 years ago) - death of David Glasgow Farragut, American military
16 August 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Charles Bukowski, American writer
22 August 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Ray Bradbury, American writer
27 August 1770 (250 years ago) - birth of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher 1 September 1970 (50 years ago) - death of François Mauriac, French writer
2 September 1945 (75 years ago) - end of World War II
13 September 1985 (35 years ago) - Super Mario
14 September 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan poet
18 September 1970 (50 years ago) - death of Jimmy Hendrix, American guitarist
25 September 1950 (70 years ago) - death of Francesc Bosch i Morata, Valencian politician 4 October 1970 (50 years ago) - death of Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter
8 October 1920 (100 yers ago) - birth of Frank Herbert, American writer
9 October 1940 (80 years ago) - birth of John Lennon, English musucian
13 October 1920 (100 years ago) - creation of Orquestra Pau Casals, current Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC)
15 October 1940 (80 years ago) - assassination of Lluís Companys, President of the Government of Catalonia
15 October 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Mario Puzo, American writer
17 October 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Miguel Delibes Setién, Spanish writer
18 October 1860 (160 years ago) - The Convention of Peking ends the Second Opium War between the United Kingdom and the French Empire, on the one hand, and China, on the other hand
24 October 1945 (75 years ago) - creation of the United Nations 2 November 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Enric Casassas i Simó, Catalan chemist
4 November 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Jordi Pere Cerdà, Catalan poet
7 November 1920 (100 years ago) - birth of Joan Perucho i Gutiérrez, Catalan writer
9 November 1970 (50 years ago) - death of Charles de Gaulle, French military and politician
13 November 1920 (100 years ago) - death of Alexandre de Riquer i Inglada, Catalan artist
20 Noveber 1945 (75 years ago) - Nuremberg trials
* 20 Noveber 1945 (75 years ago) - death of Francisco Franco
22 November 1995 (25 years ago) - première of Toy Story
25 November 1520 (500 years ago) - beginning of Revolt of the Brotherhoods in Valencia
25 November 1970 (50 years ago) - suicide of Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer
28 November 1820 (200 years ago) - birth of Friedrich Engels, German philosopher, social scientist and journalist
29 November 1870 (150 years ago) - birth of Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà, Catalan politician
30 November 1920 (100 years ago) - assassination of Francesc Layret i Foix 5 December 1870 (150 years ago) - death of Alexandre Dumas, French writer
8 Decemer 1980 (40 years ago) - assassination of John Lennon, English musician
16 December 1770 (250 years ago) - birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer and pianist.
22 December 1870 (150 years ago) - death of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet
30 December 1870 (150 years ago) - death of Joan Prim i Prats, Catalan military and politician
31 December 1410 (610 years ago) - death of Martin the Humane, monarch of the Crown of Aragon 1770 (250 years ago) - death of Isabel Jolís Oliver, Catalan printer and engraver
1870 (150 years ago) - creation of Anís del Mono
1970 (50 years ago) - edited Testament a Praga of Teresa Pàmies i Bertran
