Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: http://bit.ly/14agw7n <br />http://www.worldcrunch.com <br /> <br />2005 – Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have declared a truce to end four years of Middle East violence. <br />http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/09/international/middleeast/09mideast.html?_r=0 <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v_pkYBk6sU <br /> <br />1983 – The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Melbourne_dust_storm <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYyM2R-eQ3I <br /> <br />1828 – Jules Verne, French author, is born. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9O_c5hQgPc <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFSAovwWymc <br /> <br />1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehsWBKqgADY <br /> <br />Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet