HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Septiembre 29-Octubre 5 (semana 40)
September 29, 2024 - October 5, 2024 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye: CERN (Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear), el Puente Aéreo de Berlin de 15 meses, el 39º presidente de EUA Jimmy Carter, el vínculo entre el tabaquismo y el cáncer pulmonar, el primer presidente de la Cámara de Representantes destituido de su cargo, el pintor neerlandés Rembrandt van Rijn, y el músico y activista político Bob Geldof.
September 29, 1954: CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), the world’s largest particle physics lab, and where Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web, was founded
September 30, 1949: The 15-month Berlin Airlift, in which U.S. and British planes countered a Soviet blockade by delivering over two million tons of supplies to Berlin, ended
October 1, 1924: Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977-81 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, was born. He is 100 years old today
October 2, 1954: Following a three-year study, British scientists Richard Doll and Austin Hill published a paper confirming the link between smoking and lung cancer
October 3, 2023: Kevin McCarthy became the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives to be ousted from office, following a budget dispute within the Republican Party
October 4, 1669: Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, renowned for his masterly combination of delicacy and power in portraits, religious works and landscapes, died at age 63
October 5, 1954: Irish musician and political activist Bob Geldof was born. The Boomtown Rats frontman is now best known for his efforts to combat famine relief in Africa