Births on December 29

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga

Born on December 29, 1942

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (born 29 December 1942) is a Salesian and Cardinal of the Catholic Church from Honduras. He is the current Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, is the former President of Caritas Internationalis and served as President of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) from 1995 to 1999. Rodríguez was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. He has been the Vatican's spokesman with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, on the issue of Third World debt.

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Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga

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Events on 1942

25 Jan

Thailand
World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
8 Mar

Myanmar
World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
10 Jul

Soviet Union
Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
13 Aug

Manhattan Project
Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
25 Sep

Holocaust
World War II: Swiss Police instruction dictates that "Under current practice ... refugees on the grounds of race alone are not political refugees", effectively denying entry to Jews trying to flee occupied Europe during the Holocaust.

Births on December 29

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga

Born on December 29, 1942

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Events on 1942

Thailand

Myanmar

Soviet Union

Manhattan Project

Holocaust