Hoy en la Historia

November 15, 2017

Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, sold at auction in New York for $450.3 million, a new record for the sale of any original work of art

1908: Tz’u-hsi, the Dowager Empress of China, died the day after Emperor Kuang-hsu, amid rumours of foul play 1918: At the end of World War I the chimes of Big Ben sounded in Britain for the first time in four years 2008: The Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star became the largest vessel to be hijacked by pirates off Somalia

2017: An Argentine submarine went missing with 44 crew on board. An extensive search failed to find it