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Un día como hoy Octubre 10-16 2021 (semana 41) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaós y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Octubre 10-16 2021 (semana 41)

October 10, 2021 - October 16, 2021 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaós y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye a la joven Malala Yousafzai y el arresto de Jiang Qing, la viuda de Mao,. También, la Casa Blanca, la hora de Greenwich, e queso feta greigo, el consumo de tabaco y la Bibliotheca Alexandrina en Egipto.

October 10, 2014: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for demanding education for girls, became the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

October 11, 1976: A month after Mao Zedong’s death China’s “Gang of Four”, led by Mao’s widow Jiang Qing, were arrested and charged with plotting a coup

October 12, 1901: The U.S. presidential residence was renamed the White House, a name in common use since the early 19th century, replacing its earlier title of Executive Mansion

October 13, 1884: Greenwich was established as the universal time meridian of longitude from which standard times throughout the world are calculated

October 14, 2002: The European Commission ruled only cheese made in Greece could be called feta, and that non Greek feta-style cheeses must be marketed under another name

October 15, 1492: Christopher Columbus noted in his journal that native Caribbean islanders habitually smoked dry leaves. It was the first recorded reference to tobacco

October 16, 2002: A new library in Egypt, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, was opened on the site of the fabled original destroyed by fire in the fourth century AD

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PUBLISHED: 04/10/2021; 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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