On This Day - October 6, A Shot of History

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2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lewis_%28adventurer%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EbQ_mRSjg

1981 – Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hsY6DHvod0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqAxCm8zG8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crfr1R3XKyo

2000 – Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUBEv5UynxA

1927 – The Jazz Singer premieres in New York bringing to a close the era of silent movies and the sound and music era begins.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j48T9BoKxlI

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet