The science-fiction movie “The Martian,” starring Matt Damon, premiered in Toronto, Canada.
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A Faucett PerĂș 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.
US Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote, 'There never was a good war or a bad peace,' in a letter to Josiah Quincy.
The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
The Destruction of Santiago occurred when the Spanish conquistadors and the Mapuche-Picunche tribes had a confrontation.