On This Day - July 24, A Shot of History

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2005 – Lance Armstrong wins a record-setting seventh consecutive Tour de France. He is stripped of his titles for doping in 2012.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCySDIvxJ2I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POnXzSE9bS4

1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Damascus_%281148%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Damascus_%281148%29#/media/File:Siege_of_Damascus,_second_crusade.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Crusade#/media/File:C_croisade2_Louis7.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a6koKK68EQ

1911 – Hiram Bingham III (re)discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk9J5xnTVMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y67mrvNnKdI

1969 – Jennifer Lopez is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Lopez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLuTEWQh5zA

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet