On This Day - December 26, A Shot of History

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2004 – A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives, killing over 230,000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDFRMupRhso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcoDQ9fRvAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iT_CVzT5rQ

1991 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcsl_zVZQ30

2008 – China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing%E2%80%93Guangzhou%E2%80%93Shenzhen%E2%80%93Hong_Kong_High-Speed_Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvjk-4Ft5_0

1939 – Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN79g1uL2YE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrVbawRPO7I

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet