On This Day - August 20, A Shot of History

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1988 – "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park. Over 150,000 acres of the park are destroyed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_fires_of_1988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsUnCctaxfI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js2W5UDpQOs

1000 – The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen, celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfZ3vD_ccks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs_w9cwJ1Fg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC2yEFpacIE

2008 – Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport, killing 146 in the crash, and 8 more later. Only 18 people survive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKkvrXHjjfg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWm8-jlddaw

1948 – Robert Plant, British singer-songwriter, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Plant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtN8oBjMr_E

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet