A solar flare from the sun created a geomagnetic storm, which caused Toronto’s stock market to halt.
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More than 1,200 tin homes were destroyed after a fire broke out in the Chalantika slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Nikephoros II Phokas was crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.
Julian Assange, who founded WikiLeaks, was given political asylum by Ecuador.
The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published.
