On This Day - September 25, A Shot of History

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1790 – Peking opera is born when the Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_opera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMRIzpO4nU

1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Central_High_School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodolEmUg2g

1983 – Maze Prison escape in Northern Ireland: Thirty-eight republican prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison. It is the largest prison escape since WWII and in British history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_Prison_escape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCsqIloWYnY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxqD323SgpA

1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Zeta-Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB4zlQVRaD0

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet