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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The video game console Atari 2600 was released.
Florence Chadwick became the first female to swim across the English Channel and back.
Two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York City.
A Faucett PerĂș 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
The English were defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.