Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.
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Janet Parker became the last person to die of smallpox in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
A Faucett Perú 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
The video game console Atari 2600 was released.
President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.
Florence Chadwick became the first female to swim across the English Channel and back.
