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 Un día como hoy Octubre 2-8, 2022 (semana 40) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Octubre 2-8, 2022 (semana 40)

October 2, 2022 - October 8, 2022 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana: la secuenciación del genoma de la malaria y el mosquito, el cohete V2 de Alemania y el primer satélite artificial de la historia, Sputnik 1. También, el primer filme de James Bond, Dr No, el presidente ruso Vladimi Putin y el primer peinado permanente de cabello.

October 2, 2002: Scientists announced they had sequenced the genome of the parasite that causes malaria as well as that of the mosquito that carries and transmits the disease

October 3, 1942: Germany’s V2 rocket made its first successful test flight. It had a range of 200 miles and killed over 2,700 Londoners in the last months of World War II

October 4, 1957: The Space Race began when the Soviet Union launched the world’s first man-made satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit. It completed 1,440 orbits over 21 days

October 5, 1962: Dr No, the first James Bond film, opened. The movie, starring Sean Connery as Bond and Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, the first Bond girl, grossed $60 million

October 6, 1683: Germantown was established by the first German settlers in America, mainly Quaker and Mennonite families. It was later absorbed into Philadelphia

October 7, 1952: Russian President Vladimir Putin was born. A dominant figure in politics since 2000, he turns 70 in a year that will be remembered for his invasion of Ukraine

October 8, 1906: Hairdresser Karl Nessler demonstrated the first perm, winding the hair into spirals round metal rods, applying a special liquid, and heating the rods

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PUBLISHED: 28/09/2022; 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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