Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: http://bit.ly/14agw7n <br />http://www.worldcrunch.com <br /> <br />1952 – Fulgencio Batista stages a coup in Cuba. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgencio_Batista <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAr0TiYm2o& <br /> <br />1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courri%C3%A8res_mine_disaster <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courri%C3%A8res_mine_disaster#mediaviewer/File:Courri%C3%A8res_1906_LeJ.jpg <br />http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catastrophe_de_Courri%C3%A8res#mediaviewer/File:Catastrophe_de_Courri%C3%A8res_-_Les_restes_d%27une_victime.jpg <br /> <br />1876 – Graham Bell successfully tests his telephone for the first time. <br />http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr002.html <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lJ6Pwb15JY& <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GGje8vznM4 <br /> <br />1940 – Chuck Norris is born. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Norris <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aEJB2D2xlg& <br /> <br />Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet
