On This Day - September 7, A Shot of History

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1936 – The last thylacine dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjOKamE1pgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRmP4PBHALI

1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmUY4deOo7g

2011 – A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Lokomotiv_Yaroslavl_air_disaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL6D2y5c7JM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRmP4PBHALI

1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_America
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Margaret_Gorman_first_prize_beauty_Altantic_City.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miss_America_contestants_1927.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POQ5GwDPBpw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=684n8FO68LU

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet