On This Day - December 19, A Shot of History

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1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Gyllenhaal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQXPiBUQaIk

1986 – Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Sakharov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUjv4hYEEgk

2012 – Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_presidential_election,_2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy1_rK3I4lY

1997 – "Titanic," the second highest-grossing movie of all-time, opens in American theaters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_%281997_film%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YGfrGKK9Mo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlH8u7mVU0g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPZV3PIabsE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHe23fEHxJ8

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet