2011 Event In Bogota, Columbia, 200,000 people protest government cuts in education 2011 Event Columbian voters participate in local gubernatorial and mayoral elections which include Medellin, Cali and Bogota 1989 Event Mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogota, kills 52 1985 Event Colombian troops end 27-hour siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice 1985 Event M-19 guerrilla's occupies Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia 1980 Event Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota 1973 Birthday Fred Rodriguez, born in Bogota, Colombia, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Maria Checca, born in Bogota, Colombia, playmate, Aug, 1994 1968 Event 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) 1968 Event Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota 1963 Birthday Patty Dodd, born in Bogota, Columbia, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-2nd-1988 1958 Event Bogota warehouse fire kills 82 1955 Birthday Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor, Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital 1948 Event Org of American States charter signed at Bogota, Colombia 1931 Birthday Rafael Puyana, Bogota Colombia, baroque harpsichordist, New York debut 1957
