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 Un día como hoy Febrero 17-23, 2019 (semana 08) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Febrero 17-23, 2019

By Julie Mullins

February 17, 2019 - March 23, 2019 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye la Tabla Periódica de los elementos químicos, la "Reina de los bandidos" de India, Thomas Edison, motines en la capital ucraniana, Billy Graham Jr, las tiendas Woolworth y el origen del tenis sobre césped.

February 17, 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev, by writing the chief properties of chemical elements on cards and arranging them in various ways, formulated the Periodic Table

February 18, 1994: Phoolan Devi, India’s “Bandit Queen”, was released from jail after serving 11 years. She then went into politics but was shot dead in 2001

February 19, 1878: Thomas Edison patented the phonograph, in which a large horn transmitted vibrations to a needle that scribed a recording on to a cylinder rotated by hand

February 20, 2014: More than 100 people were killed as protesters attempted to reclaim Independence Square from riot police in the heart of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev

February 21, 2018: U.S. evangelist Billy Graham Jr., influential preacher who was the first to use the medium of TV to convey the Christian message to worshippers, died at age 99

February 22, 1879: Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first Five-and-Ten-Cent store n Utica, New York, pioneering sales and customer service practices still in use today

February 23, 1874: Major Walter Winfield patented an outdoor game he called “sphairistike”, Greek for “playing ball”, but which soon became known as lawn tennis

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PUBLISHED: 13/02/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Newscom, Getty, Associated Press
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