Canon Inc. was established in Tokyo, Japan.
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Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers won the 100-meter freestyle gold medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
A century-old fruit cake was discovered in Antarctica that was ''almost edible.”
The 14th IAAF World Championships opened in Moscow, Russia.
Floods swept through India, killing over two hundred people and displacing one million.
The Paluweh volcano in Indonesia erupted and claimed six lives.