Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: http://bit.ly/14agw7n <br />http://www.worldcrunch.com <br /> <br />1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Duvalier <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oCZM764YP8 <br /> <br />1497 – The bonfire of the vanities: supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire_of_the_Vanities <br />http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogo_di_libri#mediaviewer/File:Book_burning.jpg <br />http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fal%C3%B2_delle_vanit%C3%A0#mediaviewer/File:Agostino_di_duccio,_san_bernardino_organizza_un_fal%C3%B2_delle_vanit%C3%A0.JPG <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEpDDG-ybCY <br /> <br />1978 – Ashton Kutcher is born. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton_Kutcher <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSydwZuPLD4 <br /> <br />2005 – Britain's Ellen MacArthur becomes the fastest person to sail solo around the world. <br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/sailing/4229079.stm <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elb-cus-Luo <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Kom0La6xI <br /> <br />Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet
