1871 – Otto von Bismarck is appointed Chancellor of the German Empire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc76RlWTXto
1990 – Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDw38eS8gn0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PalPsHfJXis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK2pq4NYVNs
1999 – Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Piccard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXXHn9BAceQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixczhYywKFc
2006 – The social media site Twitter is founded. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mwbVQFFMCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y1iErgBrDQ
