Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: http://bit.ly/14agw7n <br />http://www.worldcrunch.com <br /> <br />2012 – Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NUQJvfDXrM <br /> <br />1975 – The British Conservative Party has chosen its first women leader, Margaret Thatcher. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8YCd9-Xtc8 <br /> <br />2013 – Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resignation_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpDffQJjm9c <br /> <br />1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpVxSexb3Lk <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9bSroS_9Y <br /> <br />Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet
