HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Octubre 6-12, 2019 (semana 41)
October 6, 2019 - October 12, 2019 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana: la cantante española de ópera Montserrat Caballé, la República Democrática Alemana, el misil crucero ruso de largo alcance Kalibr-NK, el Faro de Eddystone, la noria Millennium Wheel de Londres, pintores impresionistas franceses y éxodo de migrantes desde Honduras.
October 6, 2018: Montserrat Caballé, Spanish opera singer, died aged 85. Barcelona, her famous duet with Freddie Mercury, became the anthem of the 1992 Olympics
October 7, 1949: The German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany, with its capital in the Soviet sector of Berlin, was proclaimed
October 8, 2015: Russia’s Kalibr-NK long-range cruise missile made its combat debut, reaching targets in Syria from Russian warships in the Caspian Sea
October 9, 1759: The Eddystone Lighthouse, off England’s southwest coast, was completed. Modelled on the shape of an oak tree, it had a major influence on lighthouse design
October 10, 1999: London’s Millennium Wheel, at the time the world’s tallest Ferris wheel, was successfully raised into a vertical position on the south bank of the River Thames
October 11, 2004: An exhibition by 12 French Impressionist painters opened in Beijing, the first time China had shown such paintings on this scale. It attracted 300,000 visitors
October 12, 2018: An ever-growing migrant caravan set out from Honduras with hopes of reaching the U.S. By year end over 7,000 migrants were camped on the Mexico-U.S. border