1985 Event Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua 1945 Birthday Daniel Ortega Saavedra, president of Nicaragua, 1984-90 1878 Birthday Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentina, jurist, Nobel Peace Prize 1936 1617 Event Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay) 1616 Death Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 1547 Birthday Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer, Don Quioxite
