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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 6-12 (semana 41)

October 6, 2024 - October 12, 2024 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye el filme Jazz Singer, protagonizado por Al Jolson, el ataque de Hamas contra Israel desde la Franja de Gaza, al ganador del récord mundial de maratón Kelvin Kiptum, el Faro de Eddystone, a la estudiante paquistaní Malala Yousafzai, el radiotelescopio británico Jodrell Bank y la primera utilización del ventilador médico conocido como pulmón artificial.

October 6, 1927: The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, opened in New York. It was the first full-length feature film to include spoken dialogue and is regarded as the first “talkie”

October 7, 2023: Israel declared a state of war after Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched attacks from the Gaza Strip, killing 1,200 Israelis and seizing 250 hostages

October 8, 2023: Kelvin Kiptum shattered the men’s world record at the Chicago Marathon, in a time of 2:00:35. Kiptum died in a car crash in Kenya earlier this year, aged 24

October 9, 1759: The Eddystone Lighthouse, off England’s southwest coast, was completed. Modelled on the shape of an oak tree, it had a major influence on lighthouse design

October 10, 2014: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for demanding education for girls, became the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

October 11, 1957: Britain’s Jodrell Bank radio telescope, then the largest in the world, went into operation, just in time to track Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite

October 12, 1928: The first use of an “iron lung” took place to treat a young patient suffering from polio. The medical ventilator enabled polio sufferers to breathe more normally

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PUBLISHED: 03/10/2024; 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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