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Yma Sumac

• 413 – Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Hispano-Roman Secretary of State of the Western Roman Empire (b. 4th century).
• 1504 – In Spain, the Catholic Monarchs issue a Royal Cédula ordering the construction of the Royal Chapel of Granada.
• 1688 – Birth of María Luisa Gabriela of Savoy, Queen consort of Spain (d. 1714).
• 1692 – In present-day Salta Province (Argentina), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on the Richter scale wipes out the city of Nuestra Señora de Talavera de Esteco.
• 1810 – In Buenos Aires (Argentina), the independent Primera Junta creates the Public Library, which in time will become the National Library.
• 1847 – Mexico City is invaded by American troops (Battle of Chapultepec), in which the Niños Héroes distinguish themselves.
• 1881 – Birth of Ramón Grau San Martín, Cuban physician and physiologist, president from 1933 to 1934 and from 1944 to 1948.
• 1873 – Death of Eduardo Rosales, Spanish painter (b. 1836).
• 1907 – In the Philippines, during the War of Independence against the United States, the invading army hangs President Macario Sakay, after having promised him an amnesty if he surrendered.
• 1922 – Birth of Zoila Chávarri del Castillo, "Yma Sumac", internationally famous Peruvian soprano.
• 1923 – In Spain, General Primo de Rivera suspends the Constitution of 1876, dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
• 1941 – Birth of Óscar Arias Sánchez, Costa Rican president, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1987.
• 2007 – In New York (United States), the UN adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, more than 500 years after the Royal Cédula of 20 June 1500 of Isabella the Catholic.