On This Day - September 2, A Shot of History

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1945 – Japan surrenders, World War II ends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN048b3zP5A

1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London#/media/File:Great_Fire_London.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London#/media/File:The_Great_Fire_of_London,_with_Ludgate_and_Old_St._Paul%27s.JPG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r66ovvLmWs4

1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissair_Flight_111
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZvv7cgaVk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9zVwrRDPac

1966 – Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Hayek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkaveikyikE

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet