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Un día como hoy Septiembre 15-21 (semana 38) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Septiembre 15-21 (week 38)

September 15, 2024 - September 21, 2024 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye la apertura del Paso del Noroeste, la constitución de la empresa General Motors, El primer Transbordador Espacial de la NASA, el voto de Escocia para seguir siendo parte del Reino Unido, Nagorno-Karabaj y Azerbaiyán, la estrella de cine italiana Sophia Loren y el bombardero Boeing B-29.

September 15, 2007: Melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean opened up the Northwest Passage, clearing a long-sought but historically impassable route between Europe and Asia

September 16, 1908: General Motors (GM) was incorporated with $2,000 capital, and generated $12m in cash in 12 days. The image shows the GM building in New York in the 1940s

September 17, 1976: NASA unveiled the first Space Shuttle, named Enterprise after the fictional starship from Star Trek. The launch was witnessed by the cast from the hit TV show

September 18, 2014: Scotland voted in a referendum on independence, with 55 percent of the country’s 4.2 million voters opting to remain part of the United Kingdom

September 19, 2023: Azerbaijan recaptured the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh in a lightning offensive that emptied the region of its ethnic Armenian population

September 20, 1934: Italian film star Sophia Loren was born. Her Best Actress Oscar, for the 1961 film Two Women, was the first won by any artist for a foreign-language performance

September 21, 1942: The Boeing B-29 bomber made its maiden flight. The plane, known as the Superfortress, carried out the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945

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PUBLISHED: 13/09/2024; 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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