On This Day - August 25, A Shot of History

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1970 – Claudia Schiffer, German model and fashion designer, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Schiffer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVF9Y5hXgrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72Mp_j5UgU

1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei#/media/File:Bertini_fresco_of_Galileo_Galilei_and_Doge_of_Venice.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telescope#/media/File:Galileo_Donato.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvYNlcLtR0w

2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQ9THRckJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7L_VOOcV64

2001 – American singer Aaliyah dies in a plane crash at 22 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaliyah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-GUNU9ylhs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLi9Dy5-NOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTYxr-xZxIA

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet