On This Day - March 7, A Shot of History

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1908 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress, is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Magnani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddeaNtxQuw

321 – Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti is the day of rest in the Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Invictus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_and_weight#mediaviewer/File:Sleep_woman.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nap#mediaviewer/File:Hammock_nap_on_patio.jpg

1973 – Sheikh Mujib Rahman becomes the first prime minister of Bangladesh winning a landslide victory in the country's first general elections.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9vUulq4tZI

1985 – The song "We Are the World" receives its international release.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ26DMkMFks

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet