Superstitions allotted the black death to the Devil. According to superstitious people, the Black Death was caused by the Devil himself. The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, refers to a series of pandemic diseases which took the lives of almost 200 million people in Eurasia over the years from 1347 to 1351. The actual cause of the plague was the lack of hygiene, helped by the outbreak of <em>Yersinia pestis</em>, bacteria carried by rats, rather than Satan himself, as was commonly believed.
Series of formal agreements between Egypt and Israel - The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister
On December 1, 1913, Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to one hour and 33 minutes.