Hurricane Five struck Florida and caused 700 fatalities.
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Jessi Combs broke the female fastest land speed record when her jet-powered vehicle reached a speed of 522.783 mph (841.338 kph).
Two baseball teams played a night match at White Sox Party using three 100-foot towers lit with 12 electric lamps.
Napoleon won the battle of Dresden against the Austrians.
American driller Edwin Laurentine Drake successfully drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania, US.
The world's first jet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, completed its first flight.
