On This Day - February 7, A Shot of History

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1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Duvalier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oCZM764YP8

1497 – The bonfire of the vanities: supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire_of_the_Vanities
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogo_di_libri#mediaviewer/File:Book_burning.jpg
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEpDDG-ybCY

1978 – Ashton Kutcher is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton_Kutcher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSydwZuPLD4

2005 – Britain's Ellen MacArthur becomes the fastest person to sail solo around the world.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/sailing/4229079.stm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elb-cus-Luo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Kom0La6xI

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet