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Un día como hoy en la historia Noviembre 10-16 (semana 46) infographic
s gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aviersarios en cada día de la semana.
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n día como hoy en la historia 10-16 (semana 46)

November 10, 2024 - November 16, 2024 - gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semaa. Esta semana incluye la Gran Muralla de China, al líder palestino Yasser Arafat, al artista del trrapecio Jules Leotard, la plataforma de ordeña Rotolactor, el servicio ferroviario de alta velocidad Eurostar, la república de Brasil y el río Murray en Australia.

November 10, 1957: The Great Wall of China opened to tourists for the first time. The section that was opened was built in the Ming Dynasty, between 1368 and 1644

November 11, 2004: Veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, symbol of his people’s struggle for nationhood for 40 years, died in a French military hospital at the age of 75

November 12, 1859: Jules Leotard performed the world’s first flying trapeze act at the Cirque Napoleon in Paris. The body-hugging costume he wore was later named after him

November 13, 1930: The Rotolactor, a rotating milking platform invented by Henry W. Jeffers that could milk 1,680 cows in seven hours, was installed at a dairy in New Jersey

November 14, 1994: The first fare-paying passengers travelled on the new high-speed Eurostar rail service, connecting London with Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel

November 15, 1889: Brazil was declared a republic when the country’s second and final emperor, Pedro II, was deposed in a coup d’etat led by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca

November 16, 1824: Australia’s longest waterway, the Murray River, was discovered. Much of its 2,508km course forms the border between the states of New South Wales and Victoria

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PUBLISHED: 06/11/2024; 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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