2014 Event Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez is thrown out of the World Cup for biting Italian player Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder; Suarez has also been banned from nine international matches and a four-month suspension from playing 2011 Event Juan Maria Bordaberry, former Uruguayan dictator, dies while under house arrest for murders committed during his dictatorship 1994 Death Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer (La vida breve), dies at 85 1940 Birthday Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan Journalist 1940 Birthday Tabare Vazquez, Uruguayan Statesman 1937 Death Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, commits suicide at 58 1918 Birthday Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician/human rights worker 1917 Death Jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies 1914 Death Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, murdered at 27 1900 Birthday Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author, La victoria no viene sola 1886 Birthday Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, El Libro Blanco 1878 Birthday Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, El Crimen del Otro 1790 Birthday Francisco Acuna the Figueroa, Uruguayan poet, Toraidas
