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Un día como hoy Abril 25 - Mayo 01, 2021 (semana 17) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Abril 25 - Mayo 01, 2021 (semana 17)

April 25, 2021 - May 1, 2021 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye el Día Anzac, el desastre de Chernobyl, la muerte de Fernando de Magallanes, el primer turista espacial, la boda del príncipe Guillermo y Catherine Middleton, la introducción del horario de verano y la apertura del edificio Empire State en Nueva York.

April 25, 1916: Anzac Day was commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli in World War I

April 26, 1986: The fourth reactor exploded at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine, spreading a radioactive cloud over Europe in the world’s worst nuclear disaster

April 27, 1521: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives on the island of Mactan in the Philippines on his pioneering voyage around the world

April2 8, 2001: U.S. businessman Dennis Tito became the world’s first space tourist when he blasted off to the International Space Station with two Russian cosmonauts

April 29, 2011: A million people on the streets of London and up to two billion TV viewers worldwide watched the wedding of Britain’s Prince William and Catherine Middleton

April 30, 1916: Daylight saving, advancing the clock by one hour in summer, was first introduced in Germany and Austria to conserve fuel for vital electric power during World War I

May 01, 1931: The Empire State Building was opened in New York. The world’s tallest building for nearly 40 years, it was surpassed by the World Trade Center towers in 1970

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PUBLISHED: 17/04/2021; DESIGN: Phil Bainbridge; PICTURE RESEARCH: Julie Mullins; EVENT SELECTION: Fiona Roberts and Susan Shepherd; PROOFING: Julie Mullins; TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION: Fiona Roberts;; STORY: Julie Mullins; PICTURES: Newscom, Getty, Associated Press
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