On This Day - February 8, A Shot of History

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2005 – Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have declared a truce to end four years of Middle East violence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/09/international/middleeast/09mideast.html?_r=0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v_pkYBk6sU

1983 – The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Melbourne_dust_storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYyM2R-eQ3I

1828 – Jules Verne, French author, is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9O_c5hQgPc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFSAovwWymc

1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehsWBKqgADY

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet