On This Day - October 15, A Shot of History

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1582 – Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar#/media/File:Inter-grav.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPk8g6HbFNA

2003 – The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi runs into a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal, killing 11 people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Staten_Island_Ferry_crash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtGTM_194jw

1940 – The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, is executed by the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco. He is the only European president to have been executed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llu%C3%ADs_Companys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmA5Cs6z6vQ

1966 – The Black Panther Party is founded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLzIsJqxC5I

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet