On This Day - July 19, A Shot of History

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1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_1
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Paris_,_rue_de_Rivoli_-_Fonds_Trutat_-_MHNT.PHa.659.P.042.jpg
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Gare_de_la_Bastille_1.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_Metro_Sign.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWcTygNI-YE

1946 – Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilie_N%C4%83stase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zMCY0_H7GA

64 – Great Fire of Rome: a fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burns completely out of control.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Rome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFwo6sJt5wQ

2007 – The first episode of "Mad Men" debuts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcRr-Fb5xQo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfuMhXcLa-Q

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet