Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
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Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
The first US woman in space, Sally Ride, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.