Munduari bira 72 egunean
Duela 125 urte Nellie Bly kazetari estatubatuarrak Jules Verneren Phileas Fogg pertsonaia ezaguna emulatu nahi izan zuen, munduari 80 egunean bira osoa eginez. Fikziozko balentria berdindu ez ezik, hobetu egin zuen: 1890eko urtarrilaren 25ean itzuli zen New Yorkera, eta Foggek baino zazpi egun gutxiago behar izan zituen planeta inguratzeko.
Ez zen hura izan Elizabeth Cochraneren –hori zuen benetako izena– lorpen bakarra. Besteak beste, 1887an, eritasun mental bat zuela itxuratuz, erietxe psikiatriko batean sar zezaten lortu zuen. Hamar egunean erietxeko baldintza onartezinak sufritu ondoren, New York World egunkarian salatu zuen bizi izandakoa. Kasua epaitegietara iritsi zen, eta erietxeko baldintzak hobetzea erabaki zutenean kazetariaren gomendioak aintzat hartu zituzten. Munduari bira eman baino lehen, gaixo batzuen egoera iraultzea lortu zuen behintzat.
Copenhagen, 18 December 1974 At 12 noon a ferry arrived at the port, from where a group of about 100 Santa Claus landed. They brought a gigantic geese with them. The idea was to make a kind of “Trojan Goose” and, upon reaching the city, to pull the white beard costumes... [+]
Tennessee (United States), 1820. The slave Nathan Green is born, known as Nearest Uncle or Nearest Uncle. We do not know exactly when he was born and, in general, we have very little data about him until 1863, when he achieved emancipation. We know that in the late 1850s Dan... [+]
The Centre Tricontinental has described the historical resistance of the Congolese in the dossier The Congolese Fight for Their Own Wealth (the Congolese people struggle for their wealth) (July 2024, No. 77). During the colonialism, the panic among the peasants by the Force... [+]
New York, 1960. At a UN meeting, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister and UN ambassador Jaja Wachucu slept. Nigeria had just achieved independence on 1 October. Therefore, Wachuku became the first UN representative in Nigeria and had just taken office.
In contradiction to the... [+]
Today, 50 years ago, the labor movement of the Basque Country wrote a very important chapter in its history. In Hegoalde, some 200,000 workers went on a general strike in protest against the Franco regime, which lasted two months. This mobilization made it clear that the... [+]
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have discovered several cylinders with inscriptions at the present Syrian Reservoir, the Tell Umm-el Marra. Experts believe that the signs written in these pieces of clay can be alphabetical.
In the 15th century a. The cylinders have... [+]
Pamplona, 1939. At the beginning of the year, the bullring in the city was used as a concentration camp by the Francoists. It was officially capable of 3,000 prisoners of war, at a time when there was no front in Navarre, so those locked up there should be regarded as prisoners... [+]
