Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.
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Two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York City.
The English were defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
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.
