On This Day - August 6, A Shot of History

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1945 – Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when an atomic bomb is dropped by the United States. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t19kvUiHvAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQswdWdJy6c

1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFH6lXJ6c4k

1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzAZ7v1z-8o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aro4PaEgXM8

1996 – George R.R. Martin publishes the novel "A Game of Thrones", the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YinJaXzgzqI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdQ3JDLlmPI
https://www.flickr.com/photos/umairadeeb/15045188445

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet