Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.
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The video game console Atari 2600 was released.
Two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York City.
Florence Chadwick became the first female to swim across the English Channel and back.
US Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote, 'There never was a good war or a bad peace,' in a letter to Josiah Quincy.
The science-fiction movie 'The Martian,' starring Matt Damon, premiered in Toronto, Canada.
