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حدث في مثل هذا اليوم - 7 - 13 آب - الأسبوع 32
August 7, 2022 - August 13, 2022 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features Thor Heyerdahl’s raft Kon-Tiki, the Watergate scandal, former KGB officer Vladimir Putin, Ferdinand Magellan, the island of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, the first flight of the space shuttle and William Caxton.
August 7, 1947: Thor Heyerdahl’s raft Kon-Tiki reached Polynesia 101 days after leaving Peru, indicating pre-Incan people could have colonised the area by drifting on ocean currents
August 8, 1974: U.S. President Richard Nixon announced his resignation due to his involvement in the Watergate scandal. He is the only U.S. president to resign from office
August 9, 1999: Former KGB officer Vladimir Putin was named acting prime minister of Russia after President Boris Yeltsin sacked his fourth premier in 17 months
August 10, 1519: Ferdinand Magellan sailed from Seville to find a western passage to the Indies. His crew would eventually complete the first circumnavigation of the globe
August 11, 1934: The island of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay became a U.S. federal prison, designed to hold maximum security inmates such as gangster Al Capone
August 12, 1977: The space shuttle made its first test flight, landing safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California after gliding off the back of a modified Boeing 747
August 13, 1422: William Caxton, who introduced the printing press into England in 1476, is thought to have been born. He gained his knowledge of printing in Cologne and Bruges