On This Day - October 2, A Shot of History

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1959 – The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_%281959_TV_series%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbseYAkzRM

1958 – Guinea declares its independence from France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA3rm8T-irY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye3_V-Q6G0w

1992 – The Carandiru massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil. The massacre left 111 prisoners dead (102 shot by the police; 9 killed by other inmates).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carandiru_massacre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JWRNQrtb9s

1951 – Sting is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_%28musician%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqA2AnvVK90

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet