On This Day - June 11, A Shot of History

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1963 – A buddhist monk burns himself with gasoline in Saigon, to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr2Rr2dCtB0

1910 – Jacques Cousteau is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DpUb1IcFy0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jH2QkP-Bvg

1955 – A crash at the 24 Hours of Le Mans kills 83 spectators and a driver.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-vITC9iDFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMoh5hZAaZk

323 BC – Alexander the Great dies in Babylon at 32 years old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOtFlNNAXUM

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet