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2013 Event - A rare television interview appearance is made by Juan Carlos I, the King of Spain; the interview coincides with celebrations of his 75th birthday

2011 Event - Juan Maria Bordaberry, former Uruguayan dictator, dies while under house arrest for murders committed during his dictatorship

1997 Event - "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City

1996 Event - "Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City

1996 Event - Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP

1995 Death - Juan Manuel Fangio, racing Driver, dies at 84

1995 Death - Juan Carlos Ongania, President of Argentina (1966-70), dies

1994 Death - Juan Gil Poet-Albert, dies at 90

1994 Death - Juan J H Rovira, Spanish general, murdered

1994 Death - Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer (La vida breve), dies at 85

1993 Death - Juan of Borbon y Battemberg, father of king Juan Carlos I, dies

1993 Death - Jose Duval, actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72

1993 Death - Juan Benet Goitia, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at 65

1991 Death - Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78

1990 Death - Juan Jose Arevalo, president of Guatemala (1945-51), dies

1989 Event - Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan

1986 Event - Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97

1986 Death - Juan Rulfo, writer, dies

1985 Event - Hurricane Juan ravages U.S. Gulf states and east coast, 49 die

1984 Event - Phila's Juan Samuel sets record for steals by a rookie with his 72nd

1983 Event - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame

1978 Event - King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution

1978 Event - Bolivia military coup under general Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees

1975 Event - Juan Carlos proclaimed king of Spain

1975 Event - Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain

1974 Birthday - Juan Viedna Schenkhuizen, soccer player, Ajax, NEC

1974 Event - Isabel Peron succeeds husband Juan as President of Argentina

1974 Death - Juan D Peron, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78

1974 Birthday - Juan Roque, born in San Diego, California, professional football player, offensive tackle, played for the National Football League's Detroit Lions

1973 Event - Juan Peron elected president of Argentina

1973 Event - Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power

1973 Event - Juan Peron returns to Argentina

1973 Event - Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders

1973 Event - Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders

1972 Event - Juan Peron returns to Argentina

1972 Death - Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71

1972 Event - Juan Peron elected president of Argentina

1972 Birthday - Juan Castro, born in Sinaloa, Mexico, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1971 Birthday - Melvin Nieves, San Juan Puerto Rico, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers

1971 Birthday - Ricky Martin, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, singer, famous member of Menudo, Latin boy band, albums include 'Sound Loaded', 'Life'

1971 Event - Franco points prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain

1971 Event - Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders

1971 Death - Juan Manen, composer, dies at 88

1971 Death - Henri Tomasi, French composer (Don Juan de Manara), dies at 69

1970 Birthday - Marsha Guialdo, born in San Juan, Trinidad, 100m hurdler

1969 Birthday - Juan Gonzalez, Vega Baja Puerto Rico, outfielder for the Texas Rangers

1969 Birthday - Ari Meyers, born in San Juan PR, actress, Emma McArdle-Kate and Allie

1968 Birthday - Bernie Williams, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, outfielder, New York Yankees

1968 Death - Juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73

1967 Death - Juan Tomas Perez, composer, dies at 71

1967 Event - Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal

1967 Birthday - Juan Jimenez, WLAF quarterback/receivers coach, Barcelona Dragons

1966 Birthday - Juan Guzman, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1966 Death - Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69

1965 Event - All star MVP: Juan Marichal (SF Giant)

1965 Death - Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer, dies at 66

1964 Event - WTSJ TV channel 18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (NBC) begins broadcasting

1964 Birthday - Gigi Fernandez, Beatriz, San Juan PR, U.S. tennis star, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics

1963 Event - Juan Marichal (Giants) beats Warren Spahn (Braves), 1-0 in 16 innings

1963 Event - San Francisco Giants Juan Marichal no-hits Houston Colt .45s, 1-0

1962 Birthday - Jon Secada, born in Havana, Cuba, born Juan Francisco Secada, singer, songwriter for himself and for Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Grammy-Award winner

1962 Event - Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain

1962 Death - Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at 70

1962 Birthday - Juan Aguilera, born in Spain, tennis star

1960 Birthday - Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays

1960 Death - Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61

1960 Event - San Francisco Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies

1960 Event - Juan Marichal debuts as San Francisco Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter

1960 Event - WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st broadcast

1959 Death - Jane Winton, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan), dies at 53

1959 Birthday - Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker, Ratt-Round and Round

1958 Birthday - Cordelia Gonzalez, San Juan PR, actor, La Gran Fiesta

1958 Death - Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spanish poet (Nobel 1956), dies at 76

1958 Event - 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels

1958 Event - WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (PBS) begins broadcasting

1956 Death - Juan Negrin, Spanish anatomy/socialist premier (1937-39), dies at 67

1955 Event - Argentine president Juan Peron, resigns and flees

1955 Event - Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine President Juan Peron

1954 Event - WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting

1954 Death - Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer, dies at 54

1954 Event - WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (TM) begins broadcasting

1951 Event - Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan and Eva Peron in Buenos Aires

1949 Death - Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76

1948 Birthday - Jean Reno, born in Casablanca, Morocco, Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jimenez, actor, films include 'The Pink Panther', 'The DaVinci Code', 'Ronin'

1946 Birthday - Jane Birkin, born in London, England, actress, Mrs Don Juan, Dark Places, Dust

1946 Event - Juan Peron elected President of Argentina

1945 Death - Juan de Hernandez, composer, dies at 63

1944 Event - Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war

1943 Event - Argentina taken over by General Rawson and Col Juan Peron

1941 Death - Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70

1940 Birthday - Robert Walker, Jr., New York City, actor, Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver

1939 Birthday - Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos

1938 Birthday - Juan Pizarro, baseball player

1938 Birthday - Juan Carlos I, king of Spain, 1975-

1937 Event - German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany

1937 Birthday - Juan Marichal, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

1937 Event - Juan Negrin succeeds Largo Caballero as Spain's premier

1935 Death - Juan V Gomez, general/dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies

1932 Birthday - Carlos Romero Barcelo, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Representative-D-Puerto Rico 1977 - 1985

1932 Event - Carlos Davila coup against President Juan Montero of Chile

1931 Death - Juan Zorrilla de San Martin, Uruguayian poet (Tabare), dies at 75

1931 Event - Juan Esteban Montero becomes president of Chile

1931 Birthday - John S. Horn, born in San Juan Bautista, California, Representative-R-California 1993 - 2003

1931 Event - Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain

1928 Event - Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro flight over English Channel

1928 Birthday - Juan Garcia Hortelano, Spanish author, Tormenta de verano

1927 Death - Juan Gris, Spanish cubist painter, dies at 40

1927 Birthday - Olga San Juan, born in New York City, actress, Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus

1926 Event - Don Juan with John Barrymore shown

1926 Event - 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, New York

1923 Birthday - Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles, NVP, 1973-77

1923 Event - 1st flight of autogiro by Juan de la Cierva, Madrid, Spain

1922 Birthday - Juan A Bardem, Spanish director/critic, Comicos

1920 Birthday - Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman, International Olympic Committee

1920 Birthday - Juan .C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer

1919 Death - Amado Nervo, Juan C Ruiz de Nervo, Mexican poet, dies at 48

1919 Birthday - Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer

1918 Birthday - Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer, Pedro Paramo

1912 Birthday - Juan Pujol Garcia, Garbo/Arabel, Spanish British/German double agent

1911 Birthday - Juan Manuel Fangio, racing driver

1910 Event - Matador Juan Belmonte (18) kills his 1st bull

1909 Birthday - Robert Douglas, Finlayson, Bletchley England, actor, Adv of Don Juan

1909 Birthday - Juan Carlos Onetti, novelist

1909 Birthday - Juan Bosch, poet/president of Dominican Republic, 1962-63

1907 Birthday - Juan Francisco Giacobbe, composer

1907 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London

1905 Birthday - Jane Winton, Philadelphia, actress, Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan

1905 Death - Juan Valera bon Alcala Galiano, Sp author (Pepita Jimenez), dies at 80

1904 Birthday - Juan E Yrausquin, founder, Party of Patriot Arubans, minister

1901 Birthday - Juan A de Zunzunegui y Loredo, Spanish writer

1901 Birthday - Henri Tomasi, Marseilles France, composer, Don Juan de Manara

1901 Birthday - Juan Carlos Paz, composer

1899 Birthday - Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer

1898 Birthday - Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer

1898 Event - Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill

1898 Birthday - Juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter, sombra desterrada

1896 Birthday - Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer

1896 Death - Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38

1896 Birthday - Juan Tomas Perez, composer

1895 Birthday - Juan Peron, Argentine President, 1946 - 1955, 1973 - 1974

1895 Birthday - Juan Jose Castro, composer

1894 Death - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70

1894 Birthday - Juan Negrin, Prime Minister of Spanish Republic, 1936 - 1939

1893 Birthday - Juan Miro, Spain, painter/sculptor, Dog Barking at the Moon

1889 Birthday - Juan Negrin, Spanish anatomy/socialist premier, 1937-39

1889 Death - Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56

1887 Birthday - Juan Gris, born in Spain, cubist painter, Still Life Before an Open Window

1884 Death - Juan B Alberdi, Figarillo, Arg writer (Crime of War), dies at 74

1883 Birthday - Juan Manen, composer

1881 Birthday - Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spain, poet, Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956

1881 Birthday - Juan de Hernandez, composer

1874 Birthday - Juan Bautista Sacasa, President of Nicaragua, 1932-36

1872 Birthday - Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer

1871 Birthday - Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet, El Florilegio

1870 Birthday - Amado Nervo, Juan C Ruiz de Nervo, Mexican writer/poet

1857 Birthday - Juan Morel Campos, composer

1855 Birthday - Juan Zorrilla de San Martin, Uruguay's diplomat/poet, Tabare

1854 Event - U.S. forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua

1853 Death - Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75

1852 Death - Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75

1844 Event - Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid

1830 Event - Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president

1826 Death - Juan Crisostomo Arriaga y Balzola, Spanish composer, dies at 19

1824 Birthday - Juan Valera bon Alcala Galiano, Spanish author, Pepita Jimenez

1823 Birthday - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer

1817 Birthday - Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave, Guatemala

1817 Death - Juan Melendez Valdes, Spanish lawyer/poet, dies at 63

1814 Death - Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34

1810 Birthday - Juan B Alberdi, Figarillo, Argentina politician/writer

1808 Event - Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro

1806 Birthday - Juan Crisostomo Arriaga y Balzola, Spanish composer

1801 Death - Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64

1797 Death - Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36

1788 Birthday - Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer

1788 Birthday - Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet, Don Juan

1780 Birthday - Juan Jose Landaeta, composer

1778 Birthday - Juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist

1777 Birthday - Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter, El dos the mayo

1776 Event - Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California

1776 Birthday - Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer

1760 Birthday - Juan Manuel Olivares, composer

1754 Birthday - Juan Melendez Valdes, Spanish lawyer/poet

1736 Birthday - Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer

1712 Death - Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67

1709 Event - Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez

1690 Death - Juan de Valdes Leal, Spanish painter/sculptor, dies at 68

1679 Death - Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies

1679 Death - Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/Governor of Netherlands, dies at 50

1673 Death - Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68

1670 Event - Don Juan Domingo Zuniga y Fonseca becomes Governor-General of Southern Netherlands

1644 Birthday - Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer

1639 Death - Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58

1629 Birthday - Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general and governor of Netherlands

1625 Event - Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico

1622 Birthday - Juan de Valdes Leal, Spanish painter/sculptor

1608 Death - Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies

1607 Death - Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle

1605 Birthday - Juan de Padilla, composer

1591 Death - Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies

1579 Death - Juan de Juanes, Vicente J Maeip, Spanish relig painter, dies at 56

1578 Death - Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31

1578 Death - Juan de Escobedo, secretary of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered

1577 Event - Treason of Don Juan in Brussels

1577 Event - Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"

1569 Death - Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer

1550 Death - Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55

1543 Birthday - Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist

1543 Death - Juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of California, dies

1542 Event - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay

1542 Event - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain

1542 Birthday - Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint

1529 Death - Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61

1526 Death - Juan Sebasti n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies

1522 Event - Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan

1521 Death - Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded

1513 Event - Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain

1513 Event - Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida

1508 Event - Juan Ponce de Leon arrives in Puerto Rico

1495 Birthday - Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder, Brothers of Mercy

1468 Birthday - Juan del Encina, composer













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