On This Day - July 2, A Shot of History

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1937 – American aviator Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxBSExuiKGw

2008 – Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other FARC hostages are rescued by the Colombian armed forces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Jaque
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq25KpT93tA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exLxVN3C7AU

2000 – Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Fox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNjp36CJEvE

1961 – Author Ernest Hemingway shoots himself to death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeORqU9MD6w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUZeSYsU0Uk

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet