Regions around Athens, Greece, were evacuated due to wildfires after the hottest June and July on record.
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Mount Papandayan volcano in Indonesia erupted, killing almost 3,000 people.
Scientists discovered the oldest living Greenland Shark, with an estimated age of 392 years old.
Joseph Pulitzer wrote an article in New York World to ask the public to donate towards constructing the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty.
Inventor Harvey Hubbell patented the popular light bulb with a pull chain.
Roman general Claudius Silvanus fraudulently proclaimed himself Roman emperor and was hacked to death.
