On This Day - December 22, A Shot of History

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1808 – Premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_%28Beethoven%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jh-E5m01wY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven#/media/File:Beethoven.jpg

1989 – Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Ceau%C8%99escu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnqPibIb8o4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMaAnNLEMJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iT_CVzT5rQ

1885 – Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%C5%8D_Hirobumi
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ito_Hirobumi.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Hirobumi_Ito.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQZ67UQkpG8

1972 – Vanessa Paradis, French singer-songwriter and actress, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Paradis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi21dcDQiSQ

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet