1969 Birthday Hipolito Pichardo, Esperanza, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals 1956 Event 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) 1929 Birthday Jose Angel Valente, Spanish poet, A modo the esperanza 1863 Event Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas 1863 Event Battle at Fort Esperanza Texas
