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Un día como hoy Octubre 17-23, 2021 (semana 42) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Octubre 17-23, 2021 (semana 42)

October 17, 2021 - October 23, 2021 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye: a la primera ministra de Nueva Zelanda Jacinda Ardern, la cinta West Side Story, al aviador brasileño Alberto Santos-Dumont, al coronel Muammar Gaddafi de Libia, la cámara Brownie de Kodak, a Pedro el Grande, Emperador de Todas las Rusias y el levantamiento húngaro contra la ocupación soviética.

October 17, 2020: New Zealand’s Labour Party won a landslide re-election victory, buoyed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s success in containing the coronavirus pandemic

October 18, 1961: The film version of West Side Story was released. Adapted from the Broadway musical and based on Romeo and Juliet, it won 10 Oscars including Best Picture

October 19, 1901: Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont successfully piloted an airship around the Eiffel Tower. The 30-minute trip made him an international celebrity

October 20, 2011: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years, was killed when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his home town of Sirte

October 21, 1901: The Eastman Kodak Company of New Jersey was formed to market the hugely successful Brownie camera, which brought photography to the masses

October 22, 1721: Peter the Great was proclaimed Emperor of all the Russias, dropping the title of Tsar. His extensive reforms established Russia as a great nation

October 23, 1956: The Hungarian uprising against Soviet occupation began in Budapest with demonstrators demanding the withdrawal of Soviet forces

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PUBLISHED: 12/10/2021; 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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