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The holy city falls to Roman steel
Following the capture of Herod's Palace, the Roman army under Titus secured and systematically plundered Jerusalem. The fall of the holy city marked the culmination of the First Jewish-Roman War. The Romans carried away the Temple's sacred treasures, an event immortalized on the Arch of Titus in Rome, where the looted menorah is carved in stone.
America's deadliest natural disaster strikes
The Great Galveston Hurricane, with winds of 135 miles per hour, struck Galveston, Texas, in the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. Storm surge swept across the barrier island, killing between six and twelve thousand people and reducing the prosperous city to rubble. The catastrophe transformed Galveston from a booming port into a cautionary tale of nature's fury.
In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D.
In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).