HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Mayo 8-14, 2022 (semana 19)
May 8, 2022 - May 14, 2022 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye la industria fílmica en Hollywood, el contrato de the Beatles con EMI, Marvel Comics, el primer libro impreso fechado conocido, La relación de Cuba con EUA, el primer Campeonato Fórmula Uno y los primeros Juegos Olímpicos en que se permite a las mujeres competir.
May 8, 1912: Paramount Pictures, the last major film studio still based in Hollywood, was founded by Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-born owner of a New York nickelodeon
May 9, 1962: The Beatles signed a recording contract with EMI’s Parlophone label. Original drummer Pete Best was still in the line-up rather than Ringo Starr
May 10, 1962: Marvel Comics published the first issue of The Incredible Hulk, a green-skinned, heavily muscled humanoid and his alter ego, a socially withdrawn physicist
May 11, 868: The earliest complete example of a dated printed book, an influential Buddhist text known as the Diamond Sutra, was published in China
May 12, 2002: Former president Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. President in or out of office to visit Cuba since Fidel Castro seized power in the revolution of 1959
May 13, 1950: The first Formula One World Championship grand prix was held at Silverstone in England. The winner was Italy’s Giuseppe Farina, driving for Alfa Romeo
May 14, 1900: The second modern Olympic Games opened in Paris. Women were allowed to compete for the first time, although only 22 took part, compared to 975 men