Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
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The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
Singer legend Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in London, England.