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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