On This Day - August 9, A Shot of History

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1969 – Followers led by Charles Manson murder 5 people, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Tate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFr4zSA_EhI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MZaEt6lOq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTrrc6Ni5eM

1173 – Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pisa_basilica_tower_c1830.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmMdb_9omqc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp6X9f7VBQQ

1965 – Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orZ-TSf1gf0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpComowjzMg

1976 – Audrey Tautou, French actress, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tautou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N73a3SRqyE

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet