The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
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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 English were defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
US Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote, 'There never was a good war or a bad peace,' in a letter to Josiah Quincy.
Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.
