On This Day - October 7, A Shot of History

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1849 – Edgar Allan Poe, American author and poet, dies at 40 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe#/media/File:Edgar_Allan_Poe_daguerreotype_crop.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_Allan_Poe_crop.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU

1985 – The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Front.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Achille_Lauro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VWe5eta3KI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVuRWdu_Ifg

2006 – Russian journalist and human rights activist, Anna Politkovskaya, is found dead after being shot in Moscow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anna_Politkovskaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrPiBhEAags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHh55RQOI8w

1959 – Simon Cowell, British businessman and producer, creator of The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cowell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWj8OhBxM4

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet