NASA’s Discovery Space Shuttle landed in California after completing its maiden voyage.
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The Russo-Japanese war ended with the official signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth.
The first Continental Congress meeting was held in Philadelphia, US.
The Voyager 1 Space Probe was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Sylvanus Bowser's invention of the gasoline pump was delivered to a dealer in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US.
The oldest museum in The Netherlands, the Centraal Museum Utrecht, opened.