On This Day - February 3, A Shot of History

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1989 – A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Stroessner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-H05F8ak9c

1972 – The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/29930/40-years-ago-iran-was-hit-deadliest-blizzard-history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg1Bw5QcnNg

1815 – World's 1st commercial cheese factory is established in Switzerland.
http://www.historychannel.com.au/classroom/day-in-history/414/first-commercial-cheese-factory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8puSzFgbMQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese#mediaviewer/File:Cheese_market_Basel.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruy%C3%A8re_cheese#mediaviewer/File:Cave_d%27affinage_%C3%A0_Gruy%C3%A8res.JPG

1959 – "The Day the Music Died" plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J. P. Richardson and pilot near Clear Lake Iowa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-by5e4saI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaXA_Hr0CE8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEl3UUl1Fmw

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet