President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.
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NASA revealed that water vapor was discovered in the atmosphere of an Earth-size planet, the exoplanet K2-18b.
The English were defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
The Destruction of Santiago occurred when the Spanish conquistadors and the Mapuche-Picunche tribes had a confrontation.
The science-fiction movie 'The Martian,' starring Matt Damon, premiered in Toronto, Canada.
Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.