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LANSA Flight 502 was a Lockheed L-188A Electra operated by Líneas Aéreas Nacionales Sociedad Anónima (LANSA) which crashed shortly after takeoff from Quispiquilla Airport near Cusco, Peru, on August 9, 1970, after losing all power from one of its four engines. The turboprop airliner, registered OB-R-939, was bound from Cusco to Lima, carrying 8 crew and 92 passengers. All but one of the occupants died from injuries sustained from impact forces and post crash fire. Two people on the ground were also killed. There were 49 American high school exchange students on board, all of whom perished. A Peruvian government investigation concluded that the accident was caused by improper execution of engine-out procedures by the flight crew and lack of proper maintenance. LANSA was fined and its operations were suspended for 90 days. At the time, the crash was the deadliest ever in Peruvian history before being surpassed by Faucett Perú Flight 251 in 1996. (Full article...)

Osambela House (Spanish: Casa de Osambela) is one of the biggest houses built in Lima during the colonial period. This mansion was built between 1803 and 1805, but was officially finished in 1807. It has five balconies and a mirador from which the first owner of the place, Don Martín de Osambela, watched with a spyglass the arrival of galleons to the port of Callao. It was renovated in 2003 and serves as a venue for art exhibitions and cultural events. (more...)

The Battle of Arica, also known as Assault and capture of Arica Cape, is a belic action of the War of the Pacific. It was fought on June 7, 1880, between forces of Chile and Peru.

After the Battle of Tacna, and the following Bolivian retirement of the war, Peru had to stand alone for the rest of the conflict. The need of a port near to the location of the army, in order to supply and reinforce the troops and the evacuation of the wounded, made the Chilean command to put its attention on the remaining Peruvian stronghold in the Tacna Department. Thus, a fraction of the Chilean army, led by Colonel Pedro Lagos, launched a simultaneous assault from both sides, taking the defenses on a bayonet charge, and captured the Morro de Arica (English: Arica Cape) from the defending Peruvian troops under the command of Colonel Francisco Bolognesi in a last attack up the hill. In this fight the Peruvian Commander died along with several officers and more than 1.000 men. (more...)

• July 19, 1991 - The Nuevo Sol was introduced as the official currency to replace the Inti.

• July 21, 1552 - Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza dies and is buried in the Cathedral of Lima.

• July 24, 1911 - Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu.

• July 27, 1995 - A new unicameral 90-seat Congress was created.

• July 28, 1821 - General José de San Martín proclaimed the independence of Peru during the Peruvian War of Independence.

Jisk'a Iru Muqu (Aymara, jisk'a small, iru a type of grass, (Festuca orthophylla), muqu knot; joint of a part of the reed, also spelled Jiskairumoko, Jisk'airumoko) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site 54 kilometers (34 mi) south-east of Puno, Peru. The site lies in the mountains at elevation 4,115 meters (13,500 feet), in the Aymara community of Jachacachi, adjacent to the Ilave River drainage, of the Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru. Occupation of Jisk'a Iru Muqu spans from the Late Archaic to the Formative. (Full article...)

• ... that Peruvian foreign minister Manuel María Gálvez Egúsquiza was arrested by Chilean troops for refusing to sign peace with the cession of territory during the War of the Pacific?
• ... that Miguelina Acosta Cárdenas played a key role in the fledgling women's movement in Peru in the early 20th century?
• ... that the decisive participation of a Peruvian cavalry unit in the Battle of Junín led Simón Bolívar to rename them the Hussars of Junín?
• ... that Ariana Orrego was the first Peruvian gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games?
• ... that the Balconcillo mutiny is considered to be the first coup d'état in the history of Peru?
• ... that Gian Marco's Días Nuevos, the best-selling album of 2011 in Perú, was the first quintuple platinum awarded by Unión Peruana de Productores Fonográficos?
• ... that Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza was Abimael Guzmán's prosecutor before being elected the first Peruvian judge of the International Criminal Court?
• ... that Marcelino Gutiérrez was the only one of his brothers, who together led a rebellion against the president of Peru, to survive a subsequent riot?

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The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveller from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St Paul’s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.

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National Symbol	Capital	Currency	Time zone	National Anthem	Language	Population census
Symbols of Peru	City of Lima	Sol		Somos libres	Spanish	33,726,000

• ...that the Almirante Grau (pictured), flagship of the Peruvian Navy, is the last gun cruiser in service in the world?
• ...that former president Alberto Fujimori is currently facing trial on charges of corruption and human rights abuses?
• ...that in comparison to sheep's wool alpaca fiber is warmer, not prickly, and has no lanolin which makes it hypoallergenic?
• ...that tenor Juan Diego Flórez broke a decades old tradition of no encores at La Scala while performing Donizetti's La fille du régiment?
• ...that Universitario de Deportes has won twenty-five national premier leagues, more than any other football club in Peru?

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