On This Day - June 24, A Shot Of History

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2010 – Julia Gillard assumed office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard
First female Premier of Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0UiBjlIzp0

1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Zemin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6folSNwaQE

1571 – Miguel Lopez de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Republic of the Philippines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do4GyUk3XKc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAe2B6HMLgo

1995 – "Rugby World Cup final": South Africa defeats New Zealand, Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb-Ellis trophy in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Rugby_World_Cup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-x0oDzz2GU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1VuGEcYV4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ivbm_ykTRE

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