An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Dominican_Republic_earthquake" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1946 Dominican Republic earthquake">earthquake of magnitude 8.0</a> hits northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic" id="mwww" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a>. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.