HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Julio 7-13, 2024 (semana 28)
July 7, 2024 - July 13, 2024 - s gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye el récord mundial para una milla, el sundae de helado, elprimer campeonato de tenis sobre césped en Wimbledon, el rescate de 12 niños de una cueva inundada en Tailandia, el Telescopio Espacial James Webb, el pintor y escultor modernista italiano Amedeo Modigliani y los Carabinieri de Italia.
July 7, 1999: Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco set a world record of 3 min 43.13s for the mile, the only non-metric distance recognised by the IAAF for record purposes
July 8, 1881: The ice cream sundae was invented as an alternative to ice cream soda drinks, banned on the Sabbath as soda was considered a controlled substance, like alcohol
July 9, 1877: The first ever lawn tennis championship was played at Wimbledon. The men’s singles game was won by rackets player Spencer Gore
July 10, 2018: A cave rescue in Thailand successfully extracted 12 boys and their soccer coach, trapped for 17 days after heavy rains flooded narrow passages
July 11, 2022: NASA released the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, including the stunning Southern Ring Nebula (above), some 2,000 light years from Earth
July 12, 1884: Amedeo Modigliani, Italian modernist painter and sculptor known for his elongated figures, was born. He is pictured above in a self-portrait
July 13, 1814: The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy and one of the country’s four Armed Forces, was established. It polices both military and civilian populations