Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: http://bit.ly/14agw7n <br />http://www.worldcrunch.com <br /> <br />1963 – A buddhist monk burns himself with gasoline in Saigon, to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr2Rr2dCtB0 <br /> <br />1910 – Jacques Cousteau is born. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DpUb1IcFy0 <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jH2QkP-Bvg <br /> <br />1955 – A crash at the 24 Hours of Le Mans kills 83 spectators and a driver. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-vITC9iDFU <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMoh5hZAaZk <br /> <br />323 BC – Alexander the Great dies in Babylon at 32 years old. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOtFlNNAXUM <br /> <br />Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet