HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Julio 11-17, 2021 (semana 28
July 11, 2021 - July 17, 2021 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye perlas cultivadas, células madre humanas, la primera exposición de gatos del mumdo, el forajido Billy the Kid, el presidente Erdogan de Turquía, iglesia en memoria de la familia real rusa y el movimiento de derechos civiles en EUA.
July 11, 1893: A Japanese entrepreneur produced the first cultured pearl. By 1935 there were 350 pearl farms in Japan, which produced 10 million pearls each year
July 12, 2001: U.S. scientists announced they had created human stem cells from cloned embryos, which could theoretically be used to repair damage in any part of the body
July 13, 1871: The world’s first cat show was held at Crystal Palace in London. In such a show cats are judged against breed standards by a registering organization
July 14, 1881: U.S. outlaw William Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, was shot dead by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, while trying to escape capture
July 15, 2016: An attempted coup in Turkey was foiled by forces loyal to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A harsh crackdown on political opponents followed
July 16, 2003: Russian clerics consecrated a memorial church built on the spot where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were shot dead by the Bolsheviks on this day in 1918
July 17, 2020: John Lewis, a key figure of the U.S. Civil Rights movement, died aged 80. His shock beating by state troopers at Selma in 1965 helped pass the Civil Rights Act