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Victoria Eugenia from Donostia hosted the first post-war Bertsolaris National Championship

64
years ago

18 December 1960,

The Victoria Eugenia of Donostia hosted the first post-war Bertsolaris National Championship. Organized by Euskaltzaindia, in collaboration with the Attractions and Tourism Center of Donostia. Among the nine participating bertsolaris, Basarri was the winner. The prize consisted of bringing the txapela of Euskaltzaindia and ten thousand pesetas, the crown of the governor and the kick in the bag delivered by the Astrain Jewelry of San Sebastian.

Secondly, Jon Azpilwaukee, 25.

Source:

Xenpelar Documentation Centre.

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This year in history: < >
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1960-01-05
Anti-Francoist Maqui guerrilla Quico Sabaté was killed by the Civil Guard
1960-02-01
Four African-American students sat in a cafeteria where blacks were banned from entering the United States.
1960-02-13
France conducted its first nuclear test in the Algerian Sahara
1960-03-05
Alberto Córdoba made an iconic photograph of Ernesto Che Guevara
1960-03-10
She arrived in Australia from Euskal Herria and from the Spanish State the first woman plane sent by Franco
1960-03-21
The apartheid regime led to the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa
1960-05-20
Giant demonstration in Japan against the placement of US troops on the island
1960-06-15
Police killed 22-year-old Kanba in Tokyo
1960-06-26
Madagascar proclaims its independence with France
1960-08-21
Ernest Hemingway authorized José Artetxe to translate to Basque the novel Agurea eta itsasoa
1960-09-14
U.S.-led coup d'état against Lumumba in the Democratic Republic of Congo
1960-09-27
Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist activist dies
1960-11-03
Cameroon's anti-colonial leader was poisoned to death in Geneva: Felix-Roland Moumié
1960-11-25
In Santo Domingo died the sisters Minerva, María Teresa and Patricia Mirabal, activists against dictator Trujillo
1960-12-18
Victoria Eugenia from Donostia hosted the first post-war Bertsolaris National Championship
1960-12-30
Mexican army assaults student movement and kills 20 in Chilpancingo

This month's anniversaries:
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5
years ago
2019-12-17
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10
years ago
2014-12-15
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10
years ago
2014-12-07
A former civil guard entered the Barcelona zoo in the lions cage and ended up seriously wounded
15
years ago
2009-12-28
The first marriage of two persons of the same sex in South America was held in Argentina
15
years ago
2009-12-13
Maialen Lujanbio won the txapela of the Bertsolaris National Championship
20
years ago
2004-12-31
Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister, is beaten in the face by a worker
20
years ago
2004-12-26
A tsunami killed thousands in South Asia, most in Indonesia
20
years ago
2004-12-10
US journalist Gary Webb committed suicide
25
years ago
1999-12-23
Olentzero hung on the wall of Algeciras prison to free local prisoners
25
years ago
1999-12-12
30,000 tons of fuel were dumped by the oil tanker Erika on the Breton coast
30
years ago
1994-12-14
Thousands of people requested the Euskaldunization of the UPV/EHU in Vitoria-Gasteiz
35
years ago
1989-12-30
In the march of the Herrera de la Mancha, 12,000 people met in Madrid
35
years ago
1989-12-20
US invades Panama
40
years ago
1984-12-10
The Gay and Lesbian Mining Protection Association organized a festival in Britain to support the mining strike economically
40
years ago
1984-12-09
Manoli Arza Sueskun was seriously injured in Pamplona by the GAL
40
years ago
1984-12-03
At the Bhopal chemical plant, the early morning was one of the most serious accidents in the world, in India.
40
years ago
1984-12-02
In India, Bhopal chemical plant, the night of one of the most serious accidents in the world.
45
years ago
1979-12-15
Jesús Mari Leizaola, president of the Exile Government, returned to Euskal Herria
45
years ago
1979-12-13
The Basque prisoner was released from prison by Amnesty's decree: Fran Aldasoro
50
years ago
1974-12-23
One hundred Santa Claus reported Christmas marketing in Copenhagen and were arrested
50
years ago
1974-12-22
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50
years ago
1974-12-18
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50
years ago
1974-12-17
ETA murdered two civil guards, one of them, the famous torturer
50
years ago
1974-12-11
The largest general strike of Franco took place in Hego Euskal Herria
55
years ago
1969-12-04
FBI killed Fred Hampton, one of the leaders of the Black Panthers
60
years ago
1964-12-24
Vietnam National Liberation Front attacked hotel Brinks
60
years ago
1964-12-02
Police arrested 800 people in the United States protesting solidarity with those convicted of distributing political literature
75
years ago
1949-12-21
Thomas Sankara is born in Burkina Faso
75
years ago
1949-12-03
The first edition of Euskera International Day was held at the initiative of Eusko Ikaskuntza
80
years ago
1944-12-10
Nine machines were killed in Catalonia by former civil guards and Francoist soldiers
80
years ago
1944-12-01
The French carried out the massacre in Senegal by France II. Fighting soldiers in MG
85
years ago
1939-12-29
Feminist psychiatrist and activist Madeleine Pelletier dies
90
years ago
1934-12-27
Mari Cruz Guruzeta dies, a midwife born in Aramaio and founder of Areatza Emakume Abertzale Batza
100
years ago
1924-12-06
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110
years ago
1914-12-25
I. British and German MG front soldiers made a spontaneous truce to celebrate Christmas together
135
years ago
1889-12-19
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165
years ago
1859-12-25
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