STS 44 Atlantis 10 was launched into space.
It was the US’s 7th spacecraft launch.
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An international research team published their discovery of 1,500 new viruses that were in invertebrates in Australia and China.
Taylor Swift won six awards at the American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade.
Abel Tasman became the first European to discover Tasmania and named it Van Diemen's Land.
Charles Darwin published his revolutionary work, On the Origin of Species.
D.B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 and extorted a ransom of $200,000 before parachuting out of the plane with the money and was never seen again.
