El quince de febrero/February 15th
Image from noticias.universaria.com. Click HERE (includes summary (in Spanish) of important achievements). ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Domingo Faustino Sarmiento! (1811-1888) An Argentine intellectual, writer, and activist who became that country's 7th president (1868-1874), he is perhaps best known for being a champion of public education, including for women and children. September 11th (the day of his death in 1888) has been celebrated throughout Latin America as Panamerican Teacher's Day since 1943 in honor of him. ( This quiz , published in 2017 in Argentina's leading conservative paper, La Nación , challenges readers to see how much they know about him as they mark Día del Maestro ). Born to a poor but politically active family, Sarmiento was the only son of sixteen children to reach adulthood (nine of his fifteen siblings died). He learned to read at age 4 and was a standout student in school. He eventually went on to become one of the Generación de 1837 , a gro...