HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Febrero 28-Marzo 06, 2021 (semana 9)
February 28, 2021 - March 6, 2021 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye la estructura del ADN, el Parque Nacional de Yellowstone, el presidente soviético Mikhail Gorbachev, el himno Star-Spangled Banner, el primer ministro canadiense Pierre Trudeau, el avión monoplaza Spitfire de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la muerte de Davy Crockett en El Álamo.
February 28, 1953: James Watson and Francis Crick discovered that the structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes, was a double helix with two intertwining strands
March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park was founded in the U.S., becoming the world’s first national park. It is renowned for its geysers and strikingly coloured hot springs
March 02, 1931: Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforming policies of glasnost and perestroika contributed to the end of the Cold War, was born
March 3, 1931: The Star-Spangled Banner was adopted as the U.S. national anthem. Francis Scott Key wrote it after seeing a fort under attack by British troops in the War of 1812
March 4, 1971: Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, 51, secretly married 22-year-old Margaret Sinclair. Their eldest son, Justin, is Canada’s current prime minister
March 5, 1936: The Spitfire, Britain’s most strategically important single-seat fighter of WWII, was unveiled. It played a key role in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940
March 6, 1836: Mexican troops captured the mission fort at the Alamo, which was defended by a small force of Texans, including Davy Crockett, who were all killed in the battle