La Palabra del Día : la historia
la historia (noun) history; story, tale
IDIOMS
hacer historia - to make history
pasar a la historia - to go down in history
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Sachin Tendulkar hizo el primero 200 ODI en la historia de Cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar made the first 200 in ODI Cricket history.
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Me vino con la historia de que sus empastes y imanes.
She came to me with some story about her fillings and fridge magnets.
Ayer es historia, mañana es un misterio, hoy es un regalo. Por eso lo llamamos el Presente.
Each mother always has a story to share it with her children.
Cada madre siempre tiene una historia para compartir con sus hijos
El Antiguo Egipto es una de las civilizaciones más tempranas en la historia del mundo.
Ancient Egypt is one of the earliest civilizations in the history of the world.
¡Ojalá que todas las historias tuvieran un final feliz!
If only all the stories had a happy ending!
Las tormentas de la semana pasada fueron los peores en la historia de esta región.
Last week's storms were the worst in the history of this area.
Cuando nos encontramos con un anciano, debemos recordar que no solo es una persona con canas y arrugas, que seguro tiene una larga historia lista que contarnos si nos tomamos la molestia de escucharla.
When we meet an elderly person, we should remember that they are not only a person with grey hair and wrinkles, that for certain they have a long story to tell us if we'll bother to listen to it.
Alert for Learners of English!
In my opinion, it is not strictly grammatically correct to say 'they are/have etc' when talking about one person, but in reality this is what we normally say. To be correct I think we should say 'he or she is/has etc' - it's probably due to laziness that we say it the way we do. Following Pesta's comment I've had a look around and according to Wikipedia though 'singular they' is widespread in everyday English and has a long history of usage, debate continues about its acceptability
Cuando estaba en la escuela, estudiaba la historia de los Estados Unidos guerra civil.
When I was in school, I studied the history of the U. S. Civil War.
Nos vemos la historia canal cada noche. .
We watch the history channel every night.
¿Tienes un minuto? ¡Tengo una historia que contarte! ¡No la vas a creer!
Got a minute? I've a story to tell you! You're not going to believe it!
algún día voy a escribir mi historia de vida
Someday I will write my life story.
I finished the ''History of Britain by Fiona Beddal'' book last week and it was very interesting and fun
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Terminé el libro de ''la historia de Bretaña por Fiona Beddall'' la semana pasada y fue muy interesante y divertido.
La historia es profesora de la vida.
The history is the teacher of life.
Henry VIII King of England really had six wives, Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon, Victory in Europe was celebrated on 8th May 1945 and the rest, as they say, is history!
= ¡Enrique VIII rey de Inglaterra de verdad tuvo seis esposas, Neil Armstrong fue el primer hombre a alunizar en la luna, Victoria en Europa se celebra en el 8 de mayo de 1945, y el resto como dicen, es historia
Corregid mi español, por favor 
The fifth of May is a day of history for Mexico.
Cinco de mayo es un día de la historia, para México.
Muchísimas gracias por todas las correcciones.
