Ephemeris June 17: what happened on a day like today?

Between ephemeris that take place June 17 around the world, the outbreak of the political scandal of the Watergate in the United States, which occurred in 1972 and which led to the resignation of the president Richard Nixon.

It was the theft of documents in the offices Watergateheadquarters of the National Committee of the Democratic Party, in Washington DC The case involved major American political leaders and the then head of state.

“Five men, one of whom claims to be a former CIA employee, were arrested yesterday, Saturday, at 2:30 am as they attempted to implement what authorities described as an elaborate plan to spy on the offices of the Committee. National Democratic Party in Washington, “was the news published by the newspaper Washington Post on June 17, 1972.

On July 24, 1974, the United States Supreme Court requested the White House to release the tapes that had been made at the scene. Nixon he shot the tapes, which showed that he tried to get the CIA to block the FBI investigation into watergate case.

Meanwhile, after the opening of a lawsuit and the social epidemic, Nixon he resigned as president of the United States without acknowledging any kind of blame for what happened and was replaced by his vice president, Gerald Ford, who a few months after his inauguration issued a complete pardon for Nixon, through which he removed all type of liability in the case.

On the other hand, the to June 17 2016 died Ruben AguirreMexican actor recognized for his role as “Professor Jirafales”following a photo of pneumonia when he was 82

Graduated from the Higher School of Agriculture “Hermanos Escobar” in Mexico, Aguirre met Roberto Gomez Bolanoswith whom he made a great friendship after the Los supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada and Chespirotadas programs, between 1968 and 1969, where they both performed sketches.

There he created the character of Professor Jirafaleswhich he will then lead to Chavo del 8. He has also previously acted The Chapulin Colorado (1970-1992) as Rufino Rufián.

Ephemeris June 17

• World day against desertification and drought
• Latin American Freedom Day (in Argentina)
• 1239 – Edward I of England is born.
• 1397 – The Kalmar Union is founded between Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
• 1789 – The States General meet in France and the Third Estate proclaims itself as a National Assembly.
• 1821 – General Martín Miguel de Güemes, defender of the northern border against the monarchical invasion, dies.
• 1852 – Argentina recognizes the independence of Paraguay.
• 1873 – Eduardo Chicharro, a Spanish painter, is born.
• 1874 – Rufino Blanco, Venezuelan writer, is born.
• 1882 – Igor Stravinsky, a Russian musician, is born.
• 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York.
• 1905 – Máximo Gómez, hero of Cuban independence, dies.
• 1914 – Julián Marías, Spanish philosopher, sociologist and essayist, is born.
• 1928 – American aviator Amelia Earhart takes off with her plane from Newfoundland, attempting to cross the Atlantic, a feat she happily accomplishes in Wales.
• 1931 – The Las Ventas bullring, also known as “La Monumental”, is inaugurated in Madrid with a bullfight in favor of the unemployed.
• 1936 – Ken Loach, British director, is born.
• 1939 – Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish director, is born.
• 1940 – The Soviet Union invades the Baltic countries.
• 1944 – The Republic of Iceland is proclaimed.
• 1956 – Manuel Prado Ugarteche is elected president of Peru.
• 1962 – Brazil beats Czechoslovakia 3-1 and wins the VII World Cup.
• 1967 – China detonates its first hydrogen bomb.
• 1971 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer, is born.
• 1972 – The Watergate scandal breaks out.
• 1988 – Microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0.
• 1991 – The South African Parliament abolishes the “apartheid”, which has been in force for four decades, repealing by a majority the law on the racial classification of the population.
• 1992 – Daniel Riolobos, Argentine singer, dies.
• 1994 – Football World Cup begins in the United States.
• 1996 – Thomas S. Kuhn, American philosopher, dies.
• 1998 – Gianni Lunadei, an Argentine actor of Italian origin, dies.
• 2007 – Gianfranco Ferré, Italian designer, dies.
• 2008 – Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress, dies.
• 2008 – First day of legalization of same-sex marriage in California.
• 2009 – Alejandro Doria, Argentine director, dies.
• 2009 – Fernando Peña, Uruguayan actor and radio host, dies.
• 2009 – Oscar Ferreiro, Argentine actor, dies.
• 2011 – The government of Morocco, chaired by Mohamed VI, approves a new Constitution.
• 2012 – Rodney King, an American victim of police brutality, dies.
• 2015 – Denis Martin, Argentine racing driver, dies.
• 2015 – Nine people are killed in a massacre at Emanuel’s African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 2015 – The US Treasury announces that Alexander Hamilton’s image on the $ 10 bill will be replaced with an image of a woman.
• 2016 – Rubén Aguirre, Mexican actor known for the role of “Professor Jirafales”, dies.