HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Diciembre 29 - Enero 4, 2020 (semana01)
December 29, 2019 - January 4, 2020 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye Sun Yat Sen, la Sociedad Trans-Pacífica, el presidente ruso Boris Yeltsin, el milenio, la Guerra Ruso-japonesa, el puente de Brooklyn en Nueva York y la torre Burj Khalifa en Dubai.
December 29, 1911: Sun Yat Sen was elected as the first president of a republican China following the Xinhai Revolution that overthrew China’s last imperial dynasty
December 30, 2018: The Trans-Pacific Partnership, the world’s third largest free-trade area, came into effect for Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore
December 31, 1999: Russian president Boris Yeltsin stunned the world by announcing his immediate resignation and appointing premier Vladimir Putin as acting president
January 1, 2000: At the stroke of midnight elaborate firework displays lit up the night skies as calendars in 24 time zones around the globe greeted the new millennium
January 2, 1905: The five-month Siege of Port Arthur, a major battle of the Russo-Japanese War, ended in a Russian surrender after Japan destroyed Russia’s Pacific fleet
January 3, 1870: Construction began on New York’s Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, which connects Manhattan and Brooklyn
January 4, 2010: The Burj Khalifa, at 825m the tallest structure ever built, was opened in Dubai. It was named in honour of UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan