This date commemorates births, deaths, anniversaries and important days. Find out all the most important events in Argentina and the world.
Anniversaries are important for several reasons, one of them is that preserve historical memory by helping to remember the events that were and continue to be key to national identity. Every day there is a date to remember, celebrate or commemorate.
In the main reminders of October 11 commemorates the birth of Gildathe tropical music singer who had a brilliant career but even more so after her death. In 1996 he was the victim of a traffic accident that took his life. To this day, fans continue to remember her and dance to her songs.
Gilda, brave heart
Brave Heart Gilda
Another very important milestone is that also, years before, on October 11 Tita Merello was bornone of the main references in Argentine tango. Her journey was fundamental for women to begin to gain ground in the music industry, which until then was dominated by men.
Tita Merello
Tita Merello
Today’s anniversaries, October 11
October 11 is an important day for Argentina:
- World Sight Day
- International Dulce de Leche Day
- National Patagonia Day
- Auctioneer and Public Corridor Day
- 1846: Lawyer and portrait painter Carlos Pellegrini, also a journalist, public translator and Argentine politician, is born.
- 1869: The Nation’s Military College is created.
- 1885: Dr. Alicia Moreau de Justo is born, Argentine doctor and politician, a leading figure in feminism and socialism.
- 1894: Argentine boxer Luis Ángel Firpo is born.
- 1904: Tita Merello, Argentine actress and singer, is born.
- 1961: The singer Gilda (Miriam Alejandra Bianchi) is born.
- 1975: Diego Topa, Argentine actor, conductor and singer, is born.
In it rest of the world It was also a date that set a precedent:
- 1737: An earthquake devastates Calcutta, causing some 300,000 victims.
- 1884: American writer and politician Eleanor Roosevelt is born.
- 2006: In Manhattan, New York, a Piper plane crashes into a building. It leaves a balance of 21 injured and two dead.
Source: Ambito
