US Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote, “There never was a good war or a bad peace,” in a letter to Josiah Quincy.
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The video game console Atari 2600 was released.
Two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York City.
Janet Parker became the last person to die of smallpox in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The Destruction of Santiago occurred when the Spanish conquistadors and the Mapuche-Picunche tribes had a confrontation.
President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.