On This Day - June 15, A Shot of History

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1896 – The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Sanriku_earthquake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Sanriku_earthquake#/media/File:Meiji-Sanriku_earthquake_02.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sanriku_Great_Tsunami.JPG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK51LblcEOw

1943 – Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor, is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hallyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWWw-T11ecw

1215 – King John of England signs the Magna Carta.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_Chronicle_of_England_-_Page_226_-_John_Signs_the_Great_Charter.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John,_Magna_Carta.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAohiRL1_nI

1994 – Disney's The Lion King is released. It is the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film in history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwSKkKrUzUk

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet