British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
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Singer legend Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in London, England.
The 87th Tour de France came to an end with the winner losing his title.
Forty-three people were killed in the Detroit Riots, one of the worst riots in US history.
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.