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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President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.
The English were defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
A Faucett PerĂș 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Janet Parker became the last person to die of smallpox in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.