On This Day - March 13, A Shot of History

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2013 – Pope Francis is elected as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA3WUgFhcXQ

1997 – Thousands of people report seeing a huge carpenter's square-shaped UFO. The phenomena is known as the Phoenix Lights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCmI-MvIeU

1988 – The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikan_Tunnel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1vwTo3_ze4

1911 – L. Ron Hubbard, American founder of the Church of Scientology, is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U451kQ_4Qww

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet