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Un día como hoy Mayo 22-28, 2022 (semana 21) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Mayo 22-28, 2022 (semana 21)

May 22, 2022 - May 28, 2022 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye la primera "Máquina voladora", el periodista bielorruso Roman Protasevich, la independencia de Ecuador, la primera nave comercial reutiluzable,la carrera 24 Horas de Le Mans, El teatro Globe de Shakespeare y el primer Volkswagen.

May 22, 1906: Aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright patented their method of flight control on their “Flying Machine”. They made the first powered flight in 1903

May 23, 2021: Dissident Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich was arrested after his Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to divert to Minsk

May 24, 1822: Antonio Jose de Sucre defeated the Spanish royalists at the Battle of Pichincha, securing the independence of Quito, later to become Ecuador

May 25, 2012: The Dragon, developed by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX, became the first commercial reusable spacecraft to make a successful rendezvous with the ISS

May 26, 1923: The first Le Mans 24-hour race was run, on public roads around the French town. It has since evolved into the most famous endurance race in motor sport

May 27, 1997: A reconstruction of the Globe theatre opened in London with Shakespeare’s Henry V, some 400 years after the play was first staged at the original Globe

May 28. 1937: The Volkswagen company was founded in Germany to make a revolutionary vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche. Hitler laid the cornerstone of the factory in 1938

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PUBLISHED: 18/05/2022; 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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