On This Day - November 15, A Shot of History

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2003 – The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Istanbul_bombings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdCpLBKQoS8

2012 – Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6uPIqtwsi4

1859 – The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zappas_Olympics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Panathenaic_Stadium_1896_oppening.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZLR9bgTMIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdOFgDQIn0

1940 – Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Cavalli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZNP96wWgJI

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet