Un día como hoy Octubre 13-19 (semana 42) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Octubre 13-19 (semana 42)

October 13, 2024 - October 19, 2024 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye el meridiano de Greenwich, al príncipe Norodom Sihamoni de Camboya, a la reina Victoria de Gran Bretaña, la canción Happy Birthday to You, la destrucción del hospital árabe Al-Ahli Arab Hospital en Gaza, el mamut lanudo y el Museo Guggenheim de Bilbao.

October 13, 1884: Greenwich became the Prime Meridian of longitude, from which global standard times are calculated and which divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres

October 14, 2004: Prince Norodom Sihamoni, a former ballet dancer, succeeded his father, Norodom Sihanouk, as King of Cambodia

October l5, 1839: Queen Victoria of Great Britain proposed marriage to her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Their happy marriage ended with Albert’s death in 1861

October 16, 1893: A catchy song, Happy Birthday to You, was published by two U.S. schoolteachers. Intended as a classroom greeting, the original lyrics began Good Morning to All

October 17, 2023: An explosion at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza killed hundreds of people. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, and Israel blamed a misfiring Palestinian rocket

October 18, 1999: The first complete specimen of the extinct woolly mammoth, which died around 23,000 years ago, was dug out of the icy wastes of northern Siberia

October 19, 1997: The dramatic new Guggenheim Museum, designed by U.S. architect Frank Gehry, was opened by King Juan Carlos in the Spanish city of Bilbao

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PUBLISHED: 06/10/2024; 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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