The first recorded potato chip was created by chef George Crum in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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The Great Colonial Hurricane hit the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Jamestown Settlement in New England, USA.
Mark David Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
Allied troops began the attack on Paris during World War II.
The first printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.
Nurse William Pooley, who was treating patients in Sierra Leone, flew to London for emergency treatment after contracting Ebola.