The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
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Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
NASA announced they had found 'Earth's bigger, older cousin.'
The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
