Juan Becerra Acosta, Mexican journalist
Juan Alberto Becerra Acosta Aguilar de Quevedo (born August 20, 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican journalist. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the Universidad Latinoamericana (ULA).
Becerra Acosta is a news anchor for Mexico City news show, Informe Capital (21N) (English: "21 News"), hosted by Mexico City public television broadcaster, Capital 21. He has previously hosted, amongst other teleivison shows, "Tu Ciudad Es", "#AsambleaConstituyente", "ConstituyenteCDMX", "MiradasCDMX", and "S.O.S., Adolescente En Casa".
He is an active member of the editorial board of Algarabía Magazine, a former chief editor of Tiempo Libre Magazine, and a columnist at Contratiempo Chicagón Magazine.In 2011 he hosted a radio programme, "Dios Creó a la Mujer" (English: "God Created Women") with Lucy Orozco on Mexican public radio station IMER. Thereafter, in 2012 he created a radio series about theatre and drama called "Revelaciones Dramáticas" (English: "Dramatic Reveleations"). In 2013 he ended his radio career with an 80 episode broadcast entitled "La Escena en su Papel" (English: "The Scene on your Paper").
In 2009, the Ball House Museum in Mexico City hosted a photojournalism exhibition of 26 images of Mexican theatre captured by Becerra Acosta between 2005 and 2009, entitled "52 Weeks of Theatre". In November 2016, the exhibition was rehosted by the Museum of Mexico City.
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- 20Jul
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee, the famous Chinese actor and martial-arts expert, dies in Los Angeles at age 32 from a brain edema possibly caused by a reaction to a prescription painkiller. - 15Aug
Cambodia
Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends. - 22Aug
Salvador Allende
The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections. - 17Oct
1973 oil crisis
OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria. - 4Nov
1973 oil crisis
The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.