HISTORÍA
Un día como hoy Noviembre 4-10, 2018 (semana 45)
November 4, 2018 - November 10, 2018 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye: el presidente Obama, las ruinas vikingas en Terranova, la Presa Kariba en el Zambezi, el bloqueo de Yemen por Arabia Saudí, el Museo de Louvre en Francia, la Noche de los Cristales Rotos en la Alemania nazi y las tormentas de polvo en Dakota del Sur.
November 4, 2008: Barack Obama became the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, winning a decisive victory over John McCain
November 5, 1963: Viking ruins discovered in Newfoundland indicated that Leif Erikson reached North America around the year 1000, predating Columbus by 500 years
November 6, 1956: Construction of the Kariba High Dam began on the Zambesi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It forms Lake Kariba, the world’s largest man-made lake by volume
November 7, 2017: Saudi Arabia intensified its blockade of Yemen, closing all air and seaports, and land crossings. The UN said it prevented delivery of humanitarian aid
November 8, 1793: The revolutionary government in France formally opened the royal art collection in the Louvre to the public. The Louvre is now the world’s largest art museum
November 9, 1938: Anti-Jewish riots took place throughout Nazi Germany. Jewish owned shops were attacked, and it became known as Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
November 10, 1933: The “Black Blizzard” began in South Dakota, sweeping clouds of suffocating topsoil across the country and creating a storm of dirt, heralding the Dust Bowl era