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Un día como hoy Junio 2-8, 2024 (semana 23) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy en la historia Junio 2-8, 2024 (semana 23)

June 2, 2024 - June 8, 2024 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye el 29º estado de India Telangana, el alca gigante, la liberación de Roma, la estrella del tenis Rafael Nadal, los desembarcos del Día D de las tropas Aliadas en Normandía, el pintor postimpresionista francés Paul Gauguin y el Tránsito de Venus.

June 2, 2014: Telangana, India’s 29th state, came into being after the state of Andhra Pradesh formally split in two, ending a nearly 50-year-long struggle for separate status

June 3, 1844: A large, flightless seabird, the Great Auk, became extinct when the last pair of breeding adults were killed by hunters on an island off the coast of Iceland

June 4, 1944: Rome was liberated by allied troops led by U.S. General Mark Clark. Historic sites such as the Colosseum were found to have been left intact

June 5, 2005: Rising tennis star Rafael Nadal won his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. He went on to win 22 major titles, including a record 14 on the red clay in Paris

June 6, 1944: Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. Operation Overlord, codenamed D-Day, was the largest seaborne invasion in history

June 7, 1848: Paul Gauguin, French post-impressionist painter greatly influenced by Van Gogh, was born. His work was not fully appreciated until after his death

June 8, 2004: Observers were able to witness the Transit of Venus, when the tiny black silhouette of the planet moves across the disc of the sun, for the first time since 1882

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PUBLISHED: 29/05/2024; 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: Getty Images, Newscom
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