On This Day - July 13, A Shot of History

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1930 – The first soccer World Cup competition begins in Uruguay.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inFfSf7kfvE

1793 – Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Marat
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mort_de_Marat#/media/File:Death_of_Marat_by_David.jpg
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mort_de_Marat#/media/File:Charlotte_Corday.jpg

1943 – The Battle of Kursk, involving 6,000 tanks, ends the German offensive of Russia. It is the biggest tank battle in history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejFbAmHB5BA

1942 – Harrison Ford is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3emhr_tq4lc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1QKNI8O9dE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=labkKowp3zc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co2dpNsHMKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bTpp8PQSog

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet