2014 Event Taxi service company Uber expands its presence in Latin America by partnering with Carlos Slim's cell phone company America Movil to place the Uber app on mobil phones throughout Mexico 2014 Event eBay, Inc. will be introducing local, customized e-commerce sites and services throughout Latin America; the company will identify local demand in each market to provide targeted search results and offerings 2012 Event In Mexico, thousands in Guanajuato, come out to greet Pope Benedict XVI at the start of his first visit to Spanish-speaking Latin America 2012 Event Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez meets with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the first stop of Ahmadinejad's Latin American tour 1994 Event Miami begins a latin walk of fame, 1st star for Gloria Estefan 1992 Death Titti Sotto, latin songwriter, dies at 48 of aids 1989 Event American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route 1980 Event Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th New York City 1978 Event In girls' High School basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St. George 1977 Birthday Shakira, born in Barranquilla, Columbia, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, Latin American musical prodigy 1973 Event OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization) forms 1971 Birthday Ricky Martin, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, singer, famous member of Menudo, Latin boy band, albums include 'Sound Loaded', 'Life' 1968 Event 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) 1967 Event Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up 1964 Event Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English 1964 Event Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy 1958 Event Vice President Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America 1954 Birthday Al Dimeola, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, rocker, guitarist, Latin jazz and Italian American jazz fusion 1936 Birthday Alan Rayfield, governor, Long Latin Prison 1924 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday Eliseo Diego, latin American poet 1919 Event Reds Adolfo Luque is 1st Latin player to appear in a World Series 1783 Birthday Simon Bolivar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule 1635 Event Oldest U.S. public institution, Boston Latin School founded 1582 Birthday John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet, Argenis 1536 Death Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia), dies at 24 1528 Birthday Peter S Lotichius, Peter Lotz, Neo latin poet, Collected Works 1514 Event Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished 1511 Birthday Janus Secundus, neo latin poet, Basia 39 Birthday Lucan, Cordova Spain, Latin poet, Bellum Civile
