Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.
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Florence Chadwick became the first female to swim across the English Channel and back.
The Destruction of Santiago occurred when the Spanish conquistadors and the Mapuche-Picunche tribes had a confrontation.
The science-fiction movie 'The Martian,' starring Matt Damon, premiered in Toronto, Canada.
The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
Janet Parker became the last person to die of smallpox in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
