The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
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The Chinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai.
The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
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NASA announced they had found 'Earth's bigger, older cousin.'