Hoy en la Historia

June 1, 1947

The Doomsday Clock, intended to show how close humanity was to catastrophic destruction, first appeared on the cover of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists 1979: Rhodesia was renamed Zimbabwe as 89 years of white rule came to an end

2001: Nepal’s Crown Prince shot dead his parents and seven others in an argument over his choice of bride 2009: General Motors, which for most of its 100-year existence had been the world’s largest automaker, filed for bankruptcy protection

2009: Mauricio Funes was sworn in as President of El Salvador