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1994 Miami begins a latin walk of fame, 1st star for Gloria Estefan

1992 Titti Sotto, latin songwriter, dies at 48 of aids

1989 American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route

1980 Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th New York City

1978 In girls' High School basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St. George

1977 Shakira, born in Barranquilla, Columbia, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, Latin American musical prodigy

1973 OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization) forms

1968 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)

1967 Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up

1964 Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English

1964 Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy

1958 Vice President Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America

1954 Al Dimeola, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, rocker, guitarist, Latin jazz and Italian American jazz fusion

1936 Alan Rayfield, governor, Long Latin Prison

1924 Jose Donoso, born in Chile, writer, born Jose Donoso Yanez, part of Latin American literary boom, Magical Realism literary movement, wrote Coronacion, El lugar sin limites (The Place Without Limits)

1921 Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America

1920 Eliseo Diego, latin American poet

1919 Reds Adolfo Luque is 1st Latin player to appear in a World Series

1783 Simon Bolivar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule

1635 Oldest U.S. public institution, Boston Latin School founded

1582 John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet, Argenis

1536 Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia), dies at 24

1528 Peter S Lotichius, Peter Lotz, Neo latin poet, Collected Works

1514 Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished

1511 Janus Secundus, neo latin poet, Basia

39 Lucan, Cordova Spain, Latin poet, Bellum Civile


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