The Franklin National Bank closed due to fraud, the largest US bank to fail at the time.
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Pioneer Venus Orbiter, or Pioneer 12, sent its last transmission as it fell from its orbit around Venus.
Wisconsin was struck by the deadliest wildfire in US history.
Argentinian Communist and Guerilla leader Che Guevara was captured by the Bolivian military.
American Army Corporal Alvin York and seven men attacked a major German gun nest on their own during World War I.
Isabella of Angoulême was crowned Queen consort of England at Westminster Abbey, London.
