On This Day - July 6, A Shot of History

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1785 – The dollar is chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Ebmb-wmWI

1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_Pasteur_%281822_-_1895%29,_microbiologist_and_chemist_Wellcome_M0000148.jpg
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Meister#/media/File:Inoculation_of_Jean-Baptiste_Jupille.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NciRLpayIp0

1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires, killing 167 oil workers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Alpha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdRcALtA8CE

1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper, is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCF6ECCyLO4

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet