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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Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.
The video game console Atari 2600 was released.
President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.
The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
A Faucett PerĂș 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.