Hurricane Five struck Florida and caused 700 fatalities.
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American driller Edwin Laurentine Drake successfully drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania, US.
Disney's Mary Poppins was released and premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
Napoleon won the battle of Dresden against the Austrians.
In Java, Indonesia, the Krakatoa volcano erupted and destroyed 70% of the island and its surroundings.
For the first time in history, the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) transmitted a two-hour-long live broadcast from Calais, France, to television screens in the UK.