On This Day - January 23, A Shot of History

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2003 – Final signal received from the spacecraft Pioneer 10. It had been launched in 1972 to Jupiter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy5c2UwXc2I

1368 – Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China. He founds the Ming Dynasty that would last for three centuries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongwu_Emperor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqojQjUfuJg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zhu_Yuanzhang.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty#mediaviewer/File:Hongwu1.jpg

1983 – Bjorn Borg retires at the age of 26.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BURxh1YbZD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoB9KnKn-vA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elK42cXMM48

1986 – The first ten musicians are inducted into Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fames-greatest-moments-watch-history-being-made-20091111
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM_1eDzWYzI

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet