HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Julio 14-20, 2019 (semana 29)
July 14, 2019 - July 20, 2019 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye la prisión de la Bastilla en París, la Final de la Copa Mundial FIFA en Moscú, mujeres aeronautas, la cantante de jazz Billie Holiday, el nombre de Australia, el Parlamento Europeo en Estrasburgo y Neil Armstrong - el primer hombre que caminó sobre la superficie lunar.
July 14, 1789: Citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison, a hated symbol of the monarchy, at the start of the French Revolution. Bastille Day is now a public holiday in France
July 15, 2018: In one of the most exciting FIFA World Cup finals of the modern era, France defeated Croatia 4-2 at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium to win the trophy for a second time
July 16, 1819: Madame Blanchard was the first woman to be killed in an aviation accident when fireworks ignited the gas in her balloon during an exhibition flight over Paris
July 17, 1959: Billie Holiday, one of the world’s most influential jazz singers, died after years of drug abuse. Her best known songs include God Bless the Child and Strange Fruit
July 18, 1814: Explorer Matthew Flinders’s book, A Voyage To Terra Australis, was published in London. It is credited with bringing the name Australia into common use
July 19, 1999: The new European Parliament building opened in Strasbourg. The official seat of the institution hosts 12 plenary sessions a year, including the budget session
July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on to the surface of the moon, saying “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”