Idaho’s hottest day was recorded at a scorching 118°F (48°C).
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333 US marines invaded Haiti, beginning a 19-year occupation.
The siege of Damascus was abandoned.
US bomber plane crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, and Lou Oliver survived a 75-story drop in an elevator.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) called for an end to 36 years of bloody conflict with the UK.
English poet Henry James Pye became Poet Laureate in the United Kingdom.
