HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Marzo 13-19, 2022 (semana 11)
March 13, 2022 - March 19, 2022 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye orejeras, la cantante Beyoncé, bancos de sangre, antisépticos en cirugía, America’s Cup de vela, el desastre del Torrey Canyon y el puente del Puerto de Sisney en Australia.
March 13, 1877: A first U.S. patent for earmuffs was issued to a teenager who initially used a pair of beaver fur pads on a wire frame to stop his ears stinging while ice skating
March 14, 2021: Beyoncé won her 28th Grammy Award to become the most-awarded woman in Grammys history, and the most garlanded singer, male or female
March 15, 1937: The first central blood bank, to preserve blood for transfusion by refrigeration, was set up at a hospital in Chicago. It paved the way for modern surgery
March 16, 1867: Joseph Lister, pioneer of antiseptic surgery, reported that carbolic acid solution swabbed on wounds greatly reduced cases of gangrene and mortality rates
March 17, 2021: Team New Zealand secured a fourth America’s Cup victory, beating Italy’s Luna Rossa team by seven race wins to three off the coast of Auckland
March 18, 1967: The Torrey Canyon hit a reef in the English Channel, causing an environmental disaster in Cornwall and Brittany. At the time it was the largest ship ever to be wrecked
March 19, 1932: Australia’s iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened. It is the world’s tallest steel arch bridge, rising 134m (440ft) above water level at its highest point