On This Day - July 31, A Shot of History

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1976 – The Seychelles gains independence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Seychelles#Independence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s77JGnfA5uo

1988 – 32 people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Abdul_Halim_ferry_terminal_bridge_collapse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P0bKtpPdNI

2006 – Fidel Castro hands over power to brother Raúl Castro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Castro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Sq4L5isjo

1948 – New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G03zsCEWsiw

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet