On This Day - December 14, A Shot of History

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2008 – Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_shoeing_incident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWt3-kPBQ4A

1911 – Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first man to reach the South Pole.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrett_av_Roald_Amundsen.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeEm5256pWQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IIL-GhQy5c

1994 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river. It is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3J196bLP5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhnkrXOvw2w

1946 – Jane Birkin, British-French actress and singer, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Birkin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PINaKBsBe6M

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet