1780 -The Great Hurricane of 1780 hits Barbados and goes on to kill 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Caribbean, making it the Atlantic's deadliest recorded hurricane
1871-The Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, leaving approximately 300 dead, 100,000 homeless, and costing $222 million in damage
1913-Yuan Shikai installed as the 1st President of China
1954-Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after the withdrawal of French troops
1957-A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England, becomes the world's first major nuclear accident
1963-American chemist and anti-nuclear weapons campaigner Linus Pauling wins the Nobel Peace Prize the same day the first nuclear test treaty comes into effect
2021-Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen says country won't bow to Chinese pressure in defiant speech on Taiwanese National Day, day after Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to "fulfil reunification"