HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Enero 31-Febrero 06, 2021 (semana 05)
January 31, 2021 - February 6, 2021 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye la conexión telefónica entre Berlín Oriental y Occidental, la canción My Sweet Lord de George Harrison, Idi Amin de Uganda, El explorador portugués Bartolomeu Dias, el presidente de Kenia Daniel arap Moi, el primer soldado en servicio muerto en acción en Irlanda del Norte y Apollo 14.
EDITORS: The On This Day series of graphics started almost 25 years ago in 1996. It offers a print graphic for every day of the year in English, Spanish or Arabic. A digital version is also available that auto-updates providing a fresh image for your website every day of the year (English only - see link below).
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January 31, 1971: A limited telephone service linked East and West Berlin for the first time since 1952, with calls connected via a switchboard using pre-WWII technology
February 1, 1971: My Sweet Lord, former Beatle George Harrison’s first single as a solo artist, written in praise of the Hindu god Krishna, sold 110,000 copies in a single day
February 2, 1971: Major General Idi Amin took over as military head of state in Uganda. Over 100,000 people are believed to have been killed during his eight-year regime
February 3, 1488: Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Diaz became the first European to land on African soil, putting ashore at Mossel Bay in the Cape of Good Hope
February 4, 2020: Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002, died at age 95. His authoritarian rule maintained stability in the country but was criticised for corruption
February 5, 1971: A British soldier shot dead during riots in Belfast, became the first serving soldier to be killed in action since troops went to Northern Ireland in 1969