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** 100 billion Mm³ ( 100 milliard Mm³ in long scale terminology, one hundred thousand million cubic megametres )
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** WWII: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 United States Navy sailors.
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** U. S. President Richard Nixon approves legislation to increase Social Security spending by US $ 5. 3 billion.
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** The infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U. S. Pacific Northwest with wind gusts up to 170 mph ( 270 km / h ); 46 are killed, 11 billion board feet ( 26 million m³ ) of timber is blown down, with $ 230 million U. S. in damages.
** Hurricane Betsy roars ashore near New Orleans, Louisiana with winds of, causing 76 deaths and $ 1. 42 billion in damage.
** World population is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the United Nations.
** 1 billion Mm³ ( 1 milliard Mm³ in long scale terminology, one thousand million cubic megametres )
** 10 billion Mm³ ( 10 milliard Mm³ in long scale terminology, ten thousand million cubic megametres )
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