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Know the ephemeris from January 16 to 31
First stone of the Eiffel Tower, discovery of the ether, Romeo and Juliet premiere are some of the events that occurred.
January 16th
1605: The first edition of ‘The ingenious gentleman Mr. Quixote of La Mancha’ is published in Spain.
January 17th
1969: The Beatles release “Yellow Submarine.”
1858: Colombian writer ‘Tomas Carrasquilla’ (d. 1940) is born.
January 18th
1941: inauguration of the ‘Barcelona Maritime Museum’.
January 19th
1853: Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Il Trovatore premieres.
1915: Georges Claude patents the first neon tube for advertising signs.
1937: Spain National Radio is founded.
January 20
1986: Martin Luther King Day is commemorated in the United States.
January 21st
1533: Pedro de Heredia founds Cartagena de Indias.
1927: Sound cinema was presented in New York.
1941: Spanish tenor Placido Domingo is born.
January 22nd
1875 – American filmmaker David Wark Griffith (d. 1948) is born.
1970: The first commercial flight of the Boeing 747 aircraft is made.
January 23rd
1896: Wilhelm Röntgen discovers X-rays.
January 24th
1927: Alfred Hitchcock premieres his second film, ‘The Garden of Pleasure’.
January 25th
1881: Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell create the ‘Oriental Telephone Company’.
1947: The first American video game is created.
January 26th
1540: the German Valerius Cordus discovers the ether.
1988: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ premieres.
2005: Catalina Sandino is nominated for an Oscar for best actress.
January 27th
1880: Thomas Alva Edison patents an incandescent lamp.
1888: The ‘National Geographic Society’ is founded.
January 28th
1887: The first stone of the Eiffel Tower is laid in Paris.
January 29th
1595: William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ opens in London.
1886: ‘Karl Benz’ patents the first gasoline-powered automobile.
January 30th
2007: Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system is released.
1994: Peter Leko becomes the world’s youngest grandmaster of chess.
January 31st
1804: ‘Ludwig van Beethoven’ concludes his 3rd ‘Eroica Symphony’, which he dedicates to Napoleon Bonaparte.
1930: 3M launches Scotch-Tape or adhesive tape on the market.
1949: Pope Pius XII announces the discovery of the tomb of Saint Peter under the Vatican dome.
1990: The first McDonald’s opens in Moscow, Russia.
Article by:
Jackeline Gonzalez L.
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