HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Septiembre 22-28, 2019 (semana 39)
September 22, 2019 - September 28, 2019 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye el jet F-24 Tomcat, el cantante y autor estadounidense Bruce Springsteen, el peregrinaje anual Hajj, primera transfusión de sangre humana, el transatlántico Queen May de Cunard, el tren “Locomotion” de George Stephenson, así como un terremoto y un tsunami en Sulawesi.
September 22, 2006: The F-14 Tomcat, made famous by the movie Top Gun, was retired by the U.S. Navy after 32 years in service. It was superceded by the F/A-18 Super Hornet
September 23,1949: Bruce Springsteen, U.S. singer- songwriter, was born. He came to fame in the post-Vietnam War years with hits like Born to Run, and Born in the USA
September 24, 2015: Over 2,000 people were crushed or suffocated in the deadliest ever stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage near Mecca.
September 25, 1818: The first blood transfusion using human blood, as opposed to earlier attempts using animal blood, was carried out at Guy’s Hospital in London
September 26, 1934: The Cunard liner Queen Mary, which broke the Atlantic crossing record four times, was launched in Scotland. The River Clyde had to be deepened to cope with her size
September 27, 1825: George Stephenson’s train “Locomotion” inaugurated the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world’s first public railway to use steam locomotives
September 28, 2018: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit Palu, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, triggering a tsunami and major soil liquefaction that killed over 2,200 people