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1859
First issue of El Hórmigo newspaper.
06 de Noviembre de 1859
In November 6th 1859, was issued Las Tunas´ first newspaper: El Hórmigo, directed by his 22 years old owner, Manuel Nápoles Fajardo, who has gotten the first printing device known in Las Tunas capital from its original owners.
1865
Painter Domingo Ramos was born.
06 de Noviembre de 1865
He was born on November 6th, 1865 and died attacked by typhus on February 22nd, 1887. On being very young he outstood working in decorating La Merced (The Mercy) and the Cristóbal Colón Cementery Churches.
Because of his natural talent he got an scholarship in Europe. He lived in Paris.
1880
Writer Arturo R. de Carricarte was born.
06 de Noviembre de 1880
He was born on November 6th, 1880 in Havana and died on November 8th, 1948. He made his earliest studies in Havana, where he graduated as bachelor (1894). In 1902 he travelled to Mexico. He won the critics award in the Floral Games of the Ateneo and the CÃrculo de La Habana. He was elected member of different Latin American societies. He was awarded in Cuba with the Gran Premio de Literatura (1913-1914) from the Academia Nacional de Artes y Letras (National Academy of Arts and Letters) by his novel Historia de un Vencido ( El ñañigo). He wrote under the following pseudonyms: C. de Arracerit, A. R de Castro, Blas Gil and Segundo Valbuena.
1903
Journalist Diego Vicente Tejera died.
06 de Noviembre de 1903
He was born on November 20th, 1848 and died on November 6th, 1903. Founder of "La Abeja Recreativa" ("The Recreative Bee") in Spain and of "La Verdad" ("The Truth") in New York, publishing he directed. When the Ten Years War was over he returned to Cuba, and published "El Almendares", daily newspaper dedicated to women, and the "Revista Habanera".
He was editor of La América and El Avisador Cubano, in New York. Close friend of José Martà and a collaborator of Patria. He also collaborated in El Porvenir, Revista de Cayo Hueso and others publishings on exile. He returned in 1898 and published Victoria a weekly magazine.
1915
Priest Ricardo Arteaga died.
06 de Noviembre de 1915
He was born on October 10th, 1843 and died on November 6th, 1915. He made his ecclesiastical studies in the San Basilio el Magno Seminar in Santiago de Cuba and finished them in Cartagena where he became a priest. Founder and Co-director of the Colegio Educación en Familia (Education in Family School). Being Deported to Spain he travelled to France, Italy and Venezuela, where he worked in the University of Caracas. He practiced journalism.
1941
Writer Manuel MarÃa Mustelier died.
06 de Noviembre de 1941
He was born in Santiago de Cuba on March 20th, 1878 and died on November 6th, 1941. He published his earliest poems in El Triunfo. Being very young he joined separatist activities with his brother Luis Alejandro Mustelier. He collaborated El Cubano, El FÃgaro, Azul y Rojo, Cuba y América, Bohemia, El Mundo, etc. He worked as a professor in several Havana schools.
1978
Well-known Cuban musician and singer Miguelito Valdés passed away.
06 de Noviembre de 1978
Well-known Cuban musician Miguelito Valdés, who was known in the musical world as Mister Babalú, passed away on November 6, 1978.
He began in Cuban music popular forming, next to other young musicians, a sextet in which he played indistinctly several instruments and singing.
Later, Miguelito Valdés was part of other group until he began to work with the Orquesta Casino de la Playa in 1936 with which he became very popular.
In the 1940s, he moved to New York. With his novel style, and with the contagious Cuban conga, Miguelito Valdés continued to be successful in his artistic career.
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