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Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Octubre 30-Noviembre 05, 2022 (semana 44)

October 30, 2022 - November 5, 2022 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye la guardia Yeomen of the Guard, el pintor holandés Jan Vermeer, el grupo Spice Girls, el Spruce Goose de Howard Hughes, el uso de drones en Yemen, la momia de Tutankamón y a las superestrellas pop del grupo ABBA.

October 30, 1485: The Yeomen of the Guard was founded by King Henry VII of England. The “Beefeaters” still wear their striking scarlet uniform on duty at the Tower of London

October 31, 1632: Jan Vermeer, one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, was born. He specialised in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life

November 1, 1997: President Nelson Mandela described meeting the Spice Girls, the British band then at the height of their fame, as “one of the greatest moments of his life”

November 2, 1947: Howard Hughes piloted his giant wooden flying boat, the Spruce Goose, on its one and only flight, lasting about a minute, over Long Beach, California

November 3, 2002: A new era in the U.S. War on Terror began when an unmanned CIA drone killed all six occupants a vehicle in Yemen, including a local al-Qaeda leader

November 4, 2007: The mummy of Tutankhamun went on display in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, revealing the face of the 19-year-old pharaoh for the first time

November 5, 2021: Pop superstars ABBA released their first album for 40 years. The album, Voyage, preceded concerts featuring digital avatars of the band in all their 1970s glory

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PUBLISHED: 24/10/2022; 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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