Argentinian Communist and Guerilla leader Che Guevara was captured by the Bolivian military.
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Northern California's wine country was devastated by sweeping wildfires.
The Franklin National Bank closed due to fraud, the largest US bank to fail at the time.
Isabella of Angoulême was crowned Queen consort of England at Westminster Abbey, London.
American Army Corporal Alvin York and seven men attacked a major German gun nest on their own during World War I.
Inventor Percy L. Spencer patented the Microwave Oven.
