Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
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The Chinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai.
The 87th Tour de France came to an end with the winner losing his title.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.