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.
Ireland ended its ban on divorce.
The very first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in Atlanta's Greenbriar Mall.
George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
A party boat on Lake Victoria in Uganda capsized and killed 29 people.
