UN DÍA COMO HOY EN LA HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Mayo 23-29 2021 (semana 21)
May 23, 2021 - May 29, 2021 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye los anteojos bifocales, Bob Dylan, la muerte de George Floyd, la primera carrera 24 horas de Le Mans, el transatlántico Queen Mary de Cunard, Amnistía Internacional y la bandera europea
May 23, 1785: Benjamin Franklin revealed he had invented bifocal spectacles, with lenses of two different thicknesses for viewing distant objects as well as near ones
May 24, 1941: Influential U.S. singer and songwriter Bob Dylan was born as Robert Zimmerman. His stage name was inspired by the poet Dylan Thomas. He is 80 today
May 25, 2020: Protests broke out across the U.S. after the death of a black man arrested in Minneapolis. George Floyd died as a police officer knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes
May 26, 1923: The first Le Mans 24-hour race was run, on public roads around the French town. It has since evolved into the most famous endurance race in motor sport
May 27, 1936: The Cunard liner Queen Mary made her maiden voyage to New York. The ship retired from service in 1967 and is now permanently moored in Long Beach, California
May 28, 1961: A British lawyer published a newspaper article, The Forgotten Prisoners, which led to the birth of the human rights organisation Amnesty International
May 29, 1986: The European flag, showing a circle of 12 golden stars on a blue background, was first raised outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels