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Events in Bogotá History

1968-08-22 1st papal visit to Latin America, Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota to open a Eucharistic congress.

1980-02-27 Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota
1985-11-06 M-19 guerrillas occupy Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia
1985-11-07 Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice
1989-08-18 Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
1989-12-06 Mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogota, kills 52
1993-02-15 Bombings by mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogotá, Colombia
1998-04-20 TAME Boeing 727-200 chartered by Air France, crashes into Cerro El Cable mountain after takeoff from Bogotá, Colombia, killing 53
2001-07-29 Copa América Final, Estadio El Campín, Bogotá: Defender Iván Córdoba scores winner as home team Columbia edge Mexico, 1-0
2019-01-17 Car bomb in Bogotá, Colombia, outside the National Police Academy kills at least 8 and injures 41

2022-03-30 Rock band Foo Fighters cancel their world tour after the unexpected death of their drummer Taylor Hawkins in Bogotá, Colombia [1]

1865-01-05 Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1920)
1865-11-27 Jose Asunción Silva, Colombian poet (Nocturno III), born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1896)
1880-03-17 Guillermo Uribe Holguin, Colombian composer, born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1971)
1887-08-28 Daniel Zamudio, Colombian organist, composer and folklorist, born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1952)
1908-04-12 Carlos Lleras Restrepo, President of Colombia (1966-70), born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1994)
1913-06-30 Alfonso López Michelsen, 24th President of Colombia (1974-78), born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 2007)
1920-11-02 Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, Colombian composer, born in Bogota (d. 2011)
1921-12-18 Jaime León, Colombian pianist, composer, and conductor Filarmónica de Bogota, 1971-78), born in Cartagena de Indias, Columbia (d. 2015)
1931-10-14 Rafael Puyana, Colombian baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957), born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 2013)
1950-01-18 Claudia de Colombia, Colombian singer (Yo Creo En Ti), born in Bogotá, Colombia

1951-08-10 Colombian politician, President of Colombia (2010-18) and Nobel laureate (2016), born in Bogotá, Colombia

1952-12-24 Chucho Merchán, Colombian session and touring jazz and rock double bassist, and charity organizer (FONEVA), born in Bogotá, Colombia
1955-07-26 Nicholas Walker, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital), born in Bogotá, Colombia
1960-10-24 Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian, born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1999)
1963-07-29 Patty Dodd, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-2nd-1988), born in Bogotá, Colombia

1964-07-22 Colombian-American actor (Mambo Mouth; Whispers in the Dark), born in Bogotá, Colombia

1965-09-05 César Rincón, Colombian matador, born in Bogotá, Colombia
1975-09-20 Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian-American race car driver, born in Bogotá, Colombia
1976-08-01 Ivan Duque Márquez, Colombian politician, President of Colombia (2018-), born in Bogotá, Colombia
1977-09-02 Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician, born in Bogotá, Colombia
1981-04-19 Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress (Maria Full of Grace), born in Bogotá, Colombia
1983-03-04 Max Vergara Poeti, Colombian-Italian writer, born in Bogotá, Colombia
1991-02-19 Lina Hidalgo, American politician (County Judge Harris County), born in Bogotá, Colombia
1997-01-13 Egan Bernal, Colombian road cyclist (Tour de France 2019; Giro d'Italia 2021), born in Bogotá, Colombia