Space probe Osiris-Rex by NASA was launched to collect rock samples from the Bennu asteroid.
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Margaret Gorman from Washington, D.C., became the very first Miss America.
Yellowstone National Park closed for the first time in US history due to ongoing fires.
Kylie Minogue's signature song 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' was released.
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway was published in book form after first being published in Life Magazine on September 1.
The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for the first time.