On this day:
1917: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins during World War I between the British and Australian troops and German army
1959: Typhoon Vera, strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, hits Japan
Born on this day:
1888: T. S. Eliot, American/English publisher, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate
1981: Serena Williams, American tennis player
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