On This Day - October 8, A Shot of History

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2005 – Kashmir earthquake: 87,351 people are killed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Kashmir_earthquake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR79KnWpiQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG9-j3eevL4

1895 – Eulmi incident: Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Myeongseong#The_Eulmi_Incident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM4pC21tHzw

1912 – First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Balkan_War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUlWNwRfJM8

1985 – Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyWNUtHXIho

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet