Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: http://bit.ly/14agw7n <br />http://www.worldcrunch.com <br /> <br />2003 – The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Istanbul_bombings <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdCpLBKQoS8 <br /> <br />2012 – Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6uPIqtwsi4 <br /> <br />1859 – The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zappas_Olympics <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Panathenaic_Stadium_1896_oppening.jpg <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZLR9bgTMIU <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdOFgDQIn0 <br /> <br />1940 – Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer, is born. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Cavalli <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZNP96wWgJI <br /> <br />Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet
