On This Day - October 26, A Shot of History

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1863 – The Football Association, the oldest football association in the world, is formed in London.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Football_Association
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhjTX39xKB4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Football_Association#/media/File:Original_laws_of_the_game_1863.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGG-UNacAxg

1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcvw0jvewR0

1979 – Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by Korean Central Intelligence Agency head Kim Jae-gyu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung-hee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3bxH8XnTsw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV3I-0bN06s

1951 – Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter and bass player, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsy_Collins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSnbV1FrIhA

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet