On This Day - August 4, A Shot of History

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2013 – Hassan Rouhani is sworn in as the President of Iran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyelJkDsfoA

70 – The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_during_the_Second_Temple_Period#/media/File:Francesco_Hayez_017.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple#/media/File:Roberts_Siege_and_Destruction_of_Jerusalem.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY2KzjVNoKY

1964 – Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281954%E2%80%9368%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWxvCXYtuK0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzOH9vIW5J8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qk-vZ1qicI

1901 – Louis Armstrong is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UGFXB7ytY4

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet