Today in History - February 8

Today in History - February 8

Jules Verne, author of A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days, was born on February 8, 1828, in Nantes, France. Continue reading.

On February 8, 1915, D. W. Griffith’s controversial silent film, The Birth of a Nation, premiered in Los Angeles, California. Continue reading.

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