Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (died 1996)

António de Spínola

António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola was a Portuguese military officer, author and conservative politician. During the Estado Novo regime he became one of Portugal's most senior military commanders, leading military operations against independence movements. After the Carnation Revolution, partially organised by under-ranked military captains, he was invited to be the president of Portugal. His role in Portugal's transition to democracy remains highly controversial, particularly regarding his role in leading the 11 March 1975 attempted coup as well as the anticommunist terrorist organisation Movimento Democrático de Libertação de Portugal.

Born

1910

April 11

Died

1996

Era

1910s

Country

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António, in brief

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Key dates

1910 Born
1996 Died

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672 Consecration of Pope Adeodatus II following the death of Pope Vitalian.
1241 Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
1512 War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrarese forces led by Gaston de Foix and Alfonso I d'Este win the Battle of Ravenna against the Papal-Spanish forces.

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The world in 1910

When António arrived

april 12 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
april 16 The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
april 28 Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
april 29 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Andronikos IV Palaiologos 1348– Byzantine Emperor (died 1385) Gustav Vigeland 1869–1943 Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal (died 1943) Jason Varitek 1972– American baseball player and manager Joss Stone 1987– English singer-songwriter and actress[citation needed] Mark Teixeira 1980– American baseball player Percy Lavon Julian 1899–1975 African-American chemist and academic (died 1975) Roger Mortimer 1374–1360 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (died 1398) Steve Azar 1964– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Summer Walker 1996– American singer-songwriter

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