Historical Events
Hurricane Irma
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- Norwegian Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg, heading a right-wing coalition, claims victory in Norway's general election
- One million march on this state's national day in Barcelona in support of independence for Catalonia
- UN imposes new export sanctions on North Korea
Famous Deaths
- Peter Hall, English stage, film and opera director (Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre director), dies at 86
- Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace, French mathematician, astronomer and physicist (stability of the solar system), dies at 77