On This Day - July 23, A Shot of History

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1967 – 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnrJR9KSJYk

1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEQDOdZt5TQ

1952 – A military coup d'etat in Egypt headed by Colonel Gamal Abdal Nasser's Society of Free Officers seizes control of the government. King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revolution_of_1952
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mfUmiGPl8

2011 – Singer Amy Winehouse is found dead in her London apartment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njULwCY5EEg

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet