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 Destruction of Santiago occurred when the Spanish conquistadors and the Mapuche-Picunche tribes had a confrontation.
President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.
NASA revealed that water vapor was discovered in the atmosphere of an Earth-size planet, the exoplanet K2-18b.
The video game console Atari 2600 was released.
The popular children's book 'Five on a Treasure Island' featuring the 'Famous Five,' written by Enid Blyton, was published.