On This Day - March 21, A Shot Of History

1871 – Otto von Bismarck is appointed Chancellor of the German Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc76RlWTXto

1990 – Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDw38eS8gn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PalPsHfJXis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK2pq4NYVNs

1999 – Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Piccard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXXHn9BAceQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixczhYywKFc

2006 – The social media site Twitter is founded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mwbVQFFMCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y1iErgBrDQ

Produced by Meiqi AN