En memoria de
Luis Alberto Chaves
May 25, 1945 – May 25, 2022
Lived 77 years
San Jose, Costa Rica
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1945
Born May 25
1948
Luis was 3 when the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe began
1957
Luis was 12 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
1962
Luis was 17 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1970
Luis was 25 when the Beatles broke up
1989
Luis was 44 when the Berlin Wall fell
1991
Luis was 46 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2000
Luis was 55 when the world entered 2000 with few Y2K computer problems
2019
Luis was 74 when fire badly damaged Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
2021
Luis was 76 when the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
2022
Passed away May 25, age 77
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