On This Day - August 31, A Shot of History

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1945 – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTE08SS8fNk

1998 – North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HxQxjOrVwM

1803 – Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 in the morning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition#/media/File:Lewis_and_Clark.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea#/media/File:Detail_Lewis_%26_Clark_at_Three_Forks.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZmBO0i7gA

1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hoKjDa_-D4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8gO0Z818j4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49wnd_itYzQ

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet