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2003 – Baghdad falls to American forces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firdos_Square_statue_destruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWxszYK6IPU
1682 – French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers Louisiana. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKH9JEdZREc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFtso2t_LlM
1999 – The president of Niger, Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, is shot to death in an apparent coup attempt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Bar%C3%A9_Ma%C3%AFnassara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbMUTUj8U3Y
1990 – Kristen Stewart is born. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen_Stewart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHg7n4I5Ku4