The popular children’s book “Five on a Treasure Island” featuring the “Famous Five,” written by Enid Blyton, was published.
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The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
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.
President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.
Janet Parker became the last person to die of smallpox in Birmingham, United Kingdom.