Napoleon won the battle of Dresden against the Austrians.
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The British defeated the Americans in the Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn.
American driller Edwin Laurentine Drake successfully drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania, US.
Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years.
Hurricane Five struck Florida and caused 700 fatalities.
Two baseball teams played a night match at White Sox Party using three 100-foot towers lit with 12 electric lamps.
