Ephemeris from December 16 to 31

December 16th

1915: ‘Albert Einstein’ publishes ‘General Theory of Relativity’.

December 17th

1770: ‘Ludwig van Beethoven’ is baptized in Bonn, Germany.

1819: ‘Simón Bolívar’ proclaims the first ‘Republic of Colombia’.

December 18th

1958: ‘Score’ is launched, ‘the first communications satellite in history’.

December 19th

1997: premiere of the movie ‘Titanic’. One of the most successful films in cinema history.

December 20th

1334: ‘Benedict XII’ is elected successor Pope to John XXII.

December 21st

1937: ‘Walt Disney’ pre-releases his first animated classic titled ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ (‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’).

December 22th

1939: inauguration of the ‘Museo del Oro de Bogotá’, with ‘the largest collection of pre-Hispanic goldsmiths in the world’.

December 24th

Commemoration of Christmas Eve, the eve of Christmas Day.

December 25th

Traditional date of the ‘birth of Jesus of Nazareth’, a central figure in Christianity.

1223: ‘Saint Francis of Assisi’ invents the ‘first nativity scene’ in Italy.

December 26th

1953: in Paris the ‘first kidney transplant from a living donor’ is performed by the surgeon Jean Hamburger.

December 27th

1943: birth of Spanish singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat.

December 28th

‘Day of the Innocent Saints’ is celebrated in commemoration of Christianity, when King Herod ordered all children under the age of two born in Bethlehem (Judea) to disappear in order to get rid of Jesus of Nazareth.

1895: the brothers ‘Louis and Auguste Lumiére’ exhibit their ‘cinematograph’ for the first time.

December 29th

1823: ‘Chile’ promulgates a new ‘Political Constitution’.

December 30th

1953: ‘RCA’ puts out the ‘first NTSC color television’ for sale.

December 31st

In most countries of the world the arrival of the new year is commemorated.

 

Article by:

Jackeline Gonzalez L.

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