On This Day - June 2, A Shot of History

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1979  –  Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II#First_papal_trip_to_Poland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-kQkZMn4cc

2012 – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_and_judicial_hearings_following_the_Egyptian_Revolution_of_2011#Mubarak_family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln2lijolvw0

1896 – Guglielmo Marconi submits a patent for the radio.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d8abHBjP7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i76dCrHzaJM

1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTOXdND_Yoo

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet