HISTORICAL EVENTS Attack on the twin towers: The collapse of the World Trade Center occurred during the attacks of September 11, 2001. When each of the two twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York, was hit by a plane, which had been hijacked by operatives of Al-Qaeda, a group of terrorists. * This would not have happened if the terrorists had not hijacked the plane. Apollo 11 Mission: In 1969 something historic happened for humanity, the arrival of Apollo 11 and three American astronauts on the Moon. Neil Armstrong thus became the first man to set foot on the Moon, a historical event that was followed on live television by more than 500 million people. * This would not have happened if man had not advanced in technology. Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The United States dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities during World War II, being the only war in which nuclear weapons have been used so far. Almost 250,000 people died, and the material destruction was also i...
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán "The people are superior to their leaders" Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento grew up in the home formed by Dr. Mario Galán Gómez, politician and president of Ecopetrol for once years, and Cecilia Sarmiento Suárez; He was the third of twelve children. He attended high school at the Antonio Nariño departmental school, where he held first place during all his studies. During his youth he participated in student demonstrations against the military regime of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. He alternated the study seasons with vacations in Bucaramanga and Charalá, establishing a close friendship with his cousin Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento, later the nation's attorney general. Most relevant and important points in the life of Jorge Gaitan • Gaitán has always been seen as a popular leader, he is the leader par excellence in Colombia. • He has been remembered as a leader who gave a voice to people who did not have it before, by manipulating the oligarchs who si...
