On This Day - March 6, A Shot of History

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1836 – The Battle of the Alamo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq1tbaR9g3Q

1899 – The Patent Office in Berlin registers Aspirin on behalf of Bayer & Co.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGOFMXGZapU

1957 – Ghana gains its independence from Britain.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/6/newsid_2515000/2515459.stm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOEdJDdz690

1972 – Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player, is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkrPBAhVFn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfBU-BgYFa8

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet