HISTORIA
Un día como hoy Octubre 27 - Noviembre 2 (semana 44)
October 27, 2024 - November 2, 2024 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye la primera sección subterránea del metro de Nueva York, Matthew Perry de la exitosa serie de TV Friends, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk de Turquía, el pan dulce italiano Pandoro, la primera ministra india Indira Gandhi, el entrenador sueco de fútbol Sven-Göran Eriksson y la condena del empresario Sam Bankman-Fried.
October 27, 1904: The first underground section of the New York subway was opened. Mayor George McClellan enjoyed driving it so much he refused to hand control to a motorman
October 28, 2023: Matthew Perry, who played the wisecracking Chandler Bing in the hit TV sitcom Friends but suffered from drugs and alcohol addiction, was found dead at age 54
October 29, 1923: The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as its first president. His adoption of secularism radically transformed Turkish society
October 30, 1894: A patent was obtained for industrial production of the Italian sweet bread, Pandoro. Meaning Golden Bread, it was previously affordable only to the rich
October 31, 1984: Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards in revenge for an attack on the Sikh holy shrine of the Golden Temple in Amritsar
November 1, 2000: Influential Swedish football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who died in August this year, was appointed as the first non-British coach of the England team
November 2, 2023: Entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud and money laundering over his role in the bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX