The end of several eras

 After yesterday’s excitement, today has only the joy of 12th Novembers past.




1627:  Diego Luis de San Vitores is born in Burgos. He founded the first Catholic church on Guam. He was killed by the locals, after rumours were spread that the baptismal waters were poisoned.



 1912: Jose Canalejas, President of the Council of Ministers, is assassinated in the Puerta del Sol, Madrid.  Canalejas was a Lawyer and supporter of Regenerationalism - the movement that wanted Reforms following the Disasters of 1898.  He held various posts, including Minister of Justice, of Finance and Public Works.  He was assassinated by the anarchist Manuel Pardinas Serrano.



1956: Dr Juan Negrin, President of the Council of Ministers of the Spanish Republic from 17th March 1937 to 31st March 1939. He died in Paris.



1985: The UN Decolonization Commissions approves a resolution urging the UK and Spain to sort out the Gibraltar dispute.



1989: Dolores Ibarruri, La Pasionaria, first woman to lead the Spanish Communist Party [1942-89] and MP from 1936-39 and 1977-79, died in Madrid aged 93.



2001: Teresa March. Born in 1930 in Barcelona, she wrote a lot of westerns under various pseudonyms.



So ends the day.














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