Richard Nixon announced his resignation from being President of the United States of America.
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During a tour in Montreal, Canada, James Hetfield from the band Metallica received third-degree burns to his arms, face, hands, and legs.
The Warsaw Radio Mast in Poland malfunctioned and collapsed.
The World Health Organization announced the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Flooding in Manila, Philippines, claimed the lives of at least 72 people, and 850,000 others were forced to leave their homes.
A suicide bomber detonated a bomb in Quetta, Pakistan, during the funeral of a police officer.
