HISTORIA
Un día como hoy, Diciembre 06-12, 2020 (semana 50)
December 6, 2020 - December 12, 2020 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye pandas gigantes, la sonda Galileo, el exBeatle John Lennon, El emblemático autobús rojo de dos pisos de Londres, el teólogo alemán Martín Lutero, la Organización Mundial del Comercio y el impasse Brexit de Gran Bretaña.
December 6, 2000: Two giant pandas, a female called Mei Xiang and a male, Tian Tian, arrived at Washington’s National Zoo on a 10-year loan from China
December 7, 1995: A probe from the spacecraft Galileo entered the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter, providing scientists with a first detailed examination of the gas giant
December 8, 1980: Former Beatle John Lennon was shot dead outside his home in New York City. Lennon was just 40 years old, and today is the 40th anniversary of his death
December 9, 2005: London’s iconic red double-decker Routemaster bus was retired after half a century. A new Routemaster inspired by the original entered service in 2012
December 10, 1520: German theologian Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation, publicly burned the papal bull excommunicating him for refusing to recant his beliefs
December 11, 2001: China was finally admitted to the World Trade Organisation over 15 years after its first application, opening up its market of almost 1.3 billion consumers
December 12, 2019: Britain’s snap general election, dominated by the Brexit impasse, produced a clear victory for prime minster Boris Johnson who had campaigned to “get Brexit done”