On This Day - August 15, A Shot of History

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1947 – India gains independence from the British Indian Empire after near 190 years of Crown rule.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXFc0biIhV4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z03sLJ18ROE

1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Gardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRL4mxZQsH8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqLsYrlf1Z0

1954 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stieg_Larsson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-WJ6BlLw2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIPHPHWCZWk

1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyx053CNMag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRzKUVjHkGk

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet