A 6.9 earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, killed 25,000-50,000 people and left up to 500,000 homeless.
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The southern parts of Great Britain were struck by The Great Storm of 1703, which took the lives of 9,000 people.
An assassination attempt was made on the First Lady of the Philippines.
One of America's oldest documented highways was completed on this day in Connecticut, USA.
Coca-Cola was named the world's largest plastic polluter by the charity ''Break Free From Plastic.”
Delaware became the first state to ratify the US constitution.