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Un día como hoy Diciembre 22-28, 2019 (semana 52) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Diciembre 22-28, 2019 (semana 52)

By Julie Mullins

December 22, 2019 - December 28, 2019 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta seana inclye las primeras imágenes de rayos X, el carruaje-taxi Hansom cab, el general Manuel Antonio Noriega,la invasión de Afganistán por tropas soviéticas, el tsunami de 2004, Hagia Sophia de
Estambul y la actriz británica Maggie Smith.

December 22, 1895: German scientist Wilhelm Roentgen made the first X-ray image, of his wife’s hand, allowing the inner workings of the body to be observed without surgery

December 23, 1834: Englishman Joseph Hansom patented his “safety cab”. Light enough to be pulled by a single horse, they became popular in major cities around the globe

December 24, 1989: Panama’s deposed strongman, General Manuel Antonio Noriega, turned himself in to the Vatican Embassy in Panama and requested political asylum

December 25, 1979: Afghanistan was invaded by Soviet troops. A grinding nine-year campaign against local insurgents killed over 120,000 combatants and more than a million civilians

December 26, 2004: A magnitude 9.1 earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered devastating tsunamis which killed around 230,000 people from Indonesia to the coast of Africa

December 27, 537: Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia was inaugurated. Initially a Greek Orthodox cathedral, it became a mosque under the Ottoman Empire and is now a museum

December 28, 1934: British actress Maggie Smith was born. A double Oscar winner, she is now best known as the waspish Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey

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PUBLISHED: 16/12/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Newscom, Getty, Associated Press
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