Former President Barack Obama gave his nominee acceptance speech.
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The Indian Space Research Organization's Vikram Moon lander crash-landed on the moon.
7-month-old twins joined at the back of the head were successfully separated.
The Long Parliament ordered all theaters to close in London, including The Globe Theatre, which was once partly owned by William Shakespeare.
'Victoria' became the world's first recorded ship to have circumnavigated the globe when it arrived back in Spain.
Stephanie Myers published New Moon, the second novel in the Twilight series.
