NASA’s Discovery Space Shuttle landed in California after completing its maiden voyage.
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Sylvanus Bowser's invention of the gasoline pump was delivered to a dealer in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US.
Western Australia became the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
The oldest museum in The Netherlands, the Centraal Museum Utrecht, opened.
William Cecil inaugurated himself as English minister of foreign affairs.
Hurricane Irma hit the Atlantic Basin area of the United States.
