November 9th is a date of significant memories and commemorations in Argentina and around the world.
In Argentina:
* **National Day of the Voluntary Blood Donor:** The date was established to honor Argentine physician Luis Agote, who on November 9, 1914, performed the world's first blood transfusion using sodium citrate. This was a milestone that revolutionized medicine and blood conservation. * **National Day of Argentine Animation:** Celebrated to commemorate the premiere of "El Apóstol" in 1917, considered the world's first animated feature film. * **1934:** Line C of the Buenos Aires Subte was inaugurated. This was an important step for urban mobility in the capital. * **1934:** Carlos Loiseau, better known as Caloi, was born. He was one of the country's most beloved and respected graphic humorists and illustrators, creator of the iconic character Clemente. * **1948:** Argentine footballer and coach Sergio "El Checho" Batista was born, a key figure of the Argentine team that won the World Cup in Mexico in 1986.
In the World:
* **1989:** The Fall of the Berlin Wall. This is undoubtedly the most significant international event on this date. The German Democratic Republic announced that its citizens could cross the border with West Germany, triggering a flood of people who began to demolish the wall that had divided the city since 1961. This event symbolically marked the end of the Cold War. * **1934:** Carl Sagan was born in New York. He was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, and prolific science communicator, world-renowned for his documentary series "Cosmos" and his tireless promotion of critical thinking and the search for extraterrestrial life (SETI Project). * **1967:** In California, United States, the first issue of the iconic music and pop culture magazine *Rolling Stone* was published, featuring John Lennon on the cover. * **International Day of the Inventor:** Celebrated in honor of the birth of Austrian actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr (born in 1914). Lamarr was co-creator of the frequency-hopping spread spectrum technique, a system that laid the foundations for modern wireless technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
**Quote:** "Created by the Italian-Argentine artist Quirino Cristiani, it was a political satire about then-president Hipólito Yrigoyen."
