The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
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The science-fiction movie 'The Martian,' starring Matt Damon, premiered in Toronto, Canada.
Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.
The English were defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
NASA revealed that water vapor was discovered in the atmosphere of an Earth-size planet, the exoplanet K2-18b.
A Faucett Perú 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
