The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
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The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
