On This Day — February 29, A Shot of History

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2012 – Tokyo Skytree construction is completed. Now it is the tallest tower in the world, 634 meters high, and second tallest (man-made) structure on Earth, next to Burj Khalifa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Skytree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9VitoV_2ys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IITn9XHXT8k

1984 – Pierre Trudeau resigns as Canada's Prime Minister after 15 years in office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2QMS7SvAZ4

1996 – The siege of Bosnian capital Sarajevo is declared officially over after almost four years of continuous shelling and sniper attacks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sarajevo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2KBjrixhwg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQPBNyD2QtI

1940 – For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_McDaniel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7t4pTNZshA

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet