President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.
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The Destruction of Santiago occurred when the Spanish conquistadors and the Mapuche-Picunche tribes had a confrontation.
The English were defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Florence Chadwick became the first female to swim across the English Channel and back.
Janet Parker became the last person to die of smallpox in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York City.
