Today in History - February 8

Jules Verne, author of "A Journey to the Centre 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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