HBO first aired the American war drama miniseries “Band of Brothers” by Steven Spielberg.
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Congress changed the official name from United Colonies to the United States of America.
NASA's Discovery Space Shuttle launched from Florida on its 19th mission, STS-64.
The New England Confederation declared war on the Wampanoag Indians.
Grace Hopper fell victim to the first-ever computer bug after removing a moth from her Harvard Mark II computer.
American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard discovered Jupiter's fifth moon.