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.
Edwin Prescott was awarded a patent for the vertical loop Roller Coaster.
Over 566 wildfires swept through British Columbia in Canada, which led to a State of Emergency, and 3,000 people were evacuated.
Georgian heavyweight-lifting champion Lasha Talakhadze smashed a world record by lifting an incredible 473 kg.
The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published.
