Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: http://bit.ly/14agw7n <br />http://www.worldcrunch.com <br /> <br />2012 – Tokyo Skytree construction is completed. Now it is the tallest tower in the world, 634 meters high, and second tallest (man-made) structure on Earth, next to Burj Khalifa. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Skytree <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9VitoV_2ys <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IITn9XHXT8k <br /> <br />1984 – Pierre Trudeau resigns as Canada's Prime Minister after 15 years in office. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2QMS7SvAZ4 <br /> <br />1996 – The siege of Bosnian capital Sarajevo is declared officially over after almost four years of continuous shelling and sniper attacks. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sarajevo <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2KBjrixhwg <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQPBNyD2QtI <br /> <br />1940 – For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_McDaniel <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7t4pTNZshA <br /> <br />Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet
