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 Un día como hoy Abril 8-14, 2018 (semana 15) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Abril 8-14, 2018

By Julie Mullins

April 8, 2018 - April 14, 2018 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye: Margaret Thatcher, Sergio García, Viagra, velos que cubren el rostro, el teatro nacional de opera de Noruega, la “madre de todas las bombas” y enlaces ferroviarios entre India y Bangladesh.

April 8, 2013: Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first woman prime minister, died aged 87. Her uncompromising style of leadership led to her being nicknamed the “Iron Lady”

April 9, 2017: Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia finally won his first major title at his 74th attempt with a thrilling play-off victory at the U.S. Masters at Augusta

April 10, 1998: The anti-impotence drug Viagra first went on sale in the United States. It was an instant success, with annual sales peaking in 2008 at $1.934 billion

April 11, 2011: France banned the wearing of full face veils in public. The ban led to protests by Muslims but supporters said it was necessary to preserve French culture

April 12, 2008: Norway’s new national opera house opened in Oslo. The $835m white marble landmark was sited on the shore of the Oslo Fjord in the heart of the capital

April 13, 2017: The U.S. military deployed the Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed the “Mother of all bombs”, on Islamic State targets in Afghanistan

April 14, 2008: Passenger train services resumed between the Indian city of Calcutta and the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka for the first time in 43 years

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PUBLISHED: 05/04/2018; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Newscom, Getty, Associated Press
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