Mudslides and flooding in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown claimed the lives of 1,141 people and left 3,00 without homes.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
A major blackout occurred in the Northeastern and Midwestern US along with Ontario, Canada.
The first-ever Japanese patent was issued.
Venezuelan political terrorist Carlos the Jackal was captured in Sudan.
The New York Eye Infirmary opened, and it was the first specialty hospital of its kind in the western hemisphere.