On This Day - May 5, A Shot of History

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1821 – Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Napoleon_sur_son_lit_de_mort_Horace_Vernet_1826.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Mort_de_Napoleon,_1821,_at_St._Helena._Wellcome_L0010956.jpg

1988 – Adele is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzqThoXIPi8

1981 – Bobby Sands dies after 66 days of hunger-striking.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Sands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Sands#/media/File:Bobby_sands_mural_in_belfast320.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FU1yYVdL1c

1921 – Chanel No. 5 is released.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanel_No._5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanel_No._5#/media/File:Chanel_N%C2%B05_Elixir_sensuel.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr9sZEhpeyI

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet