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Ephemeris from November 16 to 30
Mickey Mouse’s first short film, commemorating the rights of the child and non-violence against women, are some of the facts…
November 16th
1885: ‘Kodak’ founder ‘George Eastman’ invents ‘nitrocellulose film’ for printing images.
1993: Fernando Gomez Agudelo, founder of RTI and precursor of television in Colombia, dies.
November 17th
1947: ‘John Bardeen’, ‘Walter Brattain’ and ‘William Shockley’ discover the ‘transistor’.
November 18th
1928: ‘Walt Disney’ creates the first Mickey Mouse short film.
2004: Russia ratifies the ‘Kyoto Protocol’.
November 19th
The Discovery of Puerto Rico by Christopher Columbus is celebrated.
1913: the ‘Cinema Olympia’ news program is published in Cali.
1990: NATO and the Warsaw Pact sign peace.
November 20th
The ‘Mexican Revolution’ is celebrated.
1959: United Nations approves the ‘Declaration of the Rights of the Child’.
November 21st and 22nd
The ‘Day of the Brain Attack’ is commemorated in Colombia, with the purpose of knowing risks, warning symptoms and prevention and care procedures.
November 22nd
The ‘Day of Saint Cecilia’, patron saint of music, is commemorated.
1996: The first International Salon of the Audiovisual Author is inaugurated in Barranquilla, Colombia: the creative experience in film and television.
November 23rd
1893; ‘Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’ passes away.
1973: the ‘poet Pablo Neruda’ dies.
1981: the ‘Mexican writer Octavio Paz’ wins the Cervantes Prize for Literature.
November 24th
1859: ‘Charles Darwin’ publishes ‘The Origin of Species’ in England.
November 25th
1999: November 25th is established as the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women’.
November 26th
1861: Colombia constitutes its current flag.
November 27th
1865: the ‘Colombian poet Jose Asuncion Silva’ is born.
November 28th
1814: The Times of London newspaper is the first to be printed with a steam engine.
November 29th
1877: ‘Thomas Alva Edison’ first introduces the ‘phonograph’, for recording and reproducing sound.
November 30th
1982: ‘Michael Jackson releases Thriller’, the ‘best-selling album in music history’.
Article by:
Jackeline Gonzalez L.
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