Las Ephemeris of August 30 They gather different events that spent a day like today, Saturday in which the Railroad day In Argentina.
The choice of the date arises as a tribute to the inauguration of the country’s first railway linewhich took place a day like today, but from 1857. In rigor, the first trip in railway which was done in the country was not on the date that is celebrated today, but the previous day, when the new means of transport was carried out in the locomotive “The Buenos Aires.” The next day the official opening ceremony was held, which is what is celebrated today.
That initial journey was from the current Lavalle Plaza to San José de Flores. It is said that this day was a sunny Saturday and that the trip lasted about 35 minutes, with the locomotive advancing at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.
The impact that this event generated in those years was such that there were several public personalities They wanted to take the tour and lived it in the first person. One of the most prominent was Valentín Alsinathen governor of Buenos Aires. They accompanied him Bartolomé Miter, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield and Estanislao del Campoamong others.
Ephemeris of August 30: What happened a day like today?
- 1797 – British novelist Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.
- 1857 – Inauguration of the first train in the country from the Park Station (Plaza Lavalle) to Plaza Flores. Argentina and the Buenos Aires were made with the locomotives.
- 1879 – Thomas Edison presents his first telephone device. This invention was superior to Felipe Heiss, perfected by Alexander Graham Bell.
- 1908 – American actor Fred Mac Murray is born.
- 1921 – At 44, the HispanoArgentino Enrique del Valle Iberlucea, first socialist senator in Latin America and promoter of women’s rights, dies in Buenos Aires.
- 1963 – was born in the London district of Mile End, British electronic music producer Paul Mark Oakenfold. It is one of the most recognized DJs in the world, and has three albums recorded.
- 1972 – American actress Cameron Diaz is born.
- 1979 – Argentine tennis player Juan Ignacio Chela is born.
- 1982 – North American tennis player Andy Roddick is born.
- 2003 – Charles Bronson dies, American actor.
- 2010 – former soccer player Francisco “Pancho” Vare dies, Boca Jrs idol. and last survivor of the Argentine National Team that played the first World Cup, in 1930.
- 2015 – The film director Wes Craven dies.
- 2015 – The writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks dies.
- The International Day of Victims of Forced Disappearances is celebrated.
- Railroad Day in Argentina is celebrated.
