On This Day - May 14, A Shot of History

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http://www.worldcrunch.com

1610 – Henry IV of France is assassinated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUT3y7kTMuo

1948 – The independent state of Israel is proclaimed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Declaration_of_Independence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy_LlKE9OMQ

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Israel_Declaration_of_Independence_Kaplan.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_%28GPO%29_-_The_Declaration_of_the_Independence_of_the_State_of_Israel..jpg

1973 – US first space station Skylab is launched into orbit around the earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsW86kNLu1k

1969 – Cate Blanchett is born.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate_Blanchett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Bq1h728X0

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet