On This Day - May 2, A Shot of History

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2011 – Osama bin Laden is killed by the United States special forces in Pakistan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Osama_bin_Laden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNYmK19-d0U
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Obama_and_Biden_await_updates_on_bin_Laden.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Wire_Issue20v12.pdf
https://www.flickr.com/photos/95818633@N00/237555558/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tit9MMLg-t0

1975 – David Beckham is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beckham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDs7ihia-rc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPcjTefW_Ao

2008 – Cyclone Nargis kills over 138,000 people in Burma.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Nargis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H55mFbPdWeM

2000 – GPS access is no longer restricted to the United States military.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRiPa-ldiN0

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet