On This Day - March 5, A Shot of History

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1953 – Joseph Stalin dies after a stroke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wojz2-6vM2o

1836 – Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the 34-caliber.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt#mediaviewer/File:Samuel_Colt_engraving_by_John_Chester_Buttre,_c1855.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt%27s_Manufacturing_Company#mediaviewer/File:Colt_Factory_engraved.JPG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vw-F5qYgg

1974 – Eva Mendes, American actress, is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Mendes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToChpgIWdcE

2012 – Invisible Children launches the Stop Kony campaign with the release of Kony 2012.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kony_2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet