2015 Event Juan Felipe Herrera, age 66, has been named by U.S. Congress as this year's national poet laureate; Herrera, who is the first Latino to be given the title, has served for the past three years as California poet laureate 2014 Event Incumbent Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is re-elected; the leader plans to continue peace talks with rebels in an effort to bring ongoing violence in the country to an end 2014 Event After nearly 40 years on the throne, King Juan Carlos of Spain is abdicating and installing his son Felipe; unfavorable opinion, health issues and investigation of daughter Cristina in a public funds theft scandal have taken their toll on the king 2014 Event Colombian coffee company Juan Valdez announces plans to go public in a couple of years; in the meantime, the company plans to expand its higher-end coffee shops around the globe in direct competition with Starbucks 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
