STS 44 Atlantis 10 was launched into space.
It was the US’s 7th spacecraft launch.
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George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
Ireland ended its ban on divorce.
Astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree recorded the first known observation of a transit of Venus across the sun.
Taylor Swift won six awards at the American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade.
A party boat on Lake Victoria in Uganda capsized and killed 29 people.
