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Tal día como hoy 28 de enero
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TL;DR
- The Eiffel Tower was constructed in 1887 for the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition.
- Municipal trams began operating in San Francisco in 1917.
- The popular LEGO toy, based on the Danish phrase 'leg godt' meaning 'play well', was created in Denmark in 1958.
- The charity song 'We Are The World' was recorded by USA for Africa in 1985 to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
- A fire in a nightclub in Santa María, Brazil, in 2013 resulted in 231 deaths and 116 injuries.
- Thomas Aquinas, an Italian writer, philosopher, and theologian, was honored by the Catholic Church as a Doctor of the Church.
- José Martí, a poet and Cuban independence hero, was born in 1853.
- Jackson Pollock, a significant American abstract expressionist painter, was born in 1912.
- Carlos Slim, a Mexican businessman, was born in 1940.
- Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France, was born in 1955.
- Elijah Wood, the lead actor in 'The Lord of the Rings' saga, was born in 1981.
- Venezuelan bullfighter Curro Girón died in 1988.
- The European Union celebrates Data Protection Day.
- Venezuelan Cinema Day is celebrated in Venezuela.
- The Declaration of Independence of Maracaibo occurred in 1821.
- Cinema began in Venezuela in 1897 with the projection of the first Venezuelan films.
- The Postal Telegraph Institute was founded in Venezuela in 1978, issuing the first Venezuelan postage stamp.