The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
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British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
Forty-three people were killed in the Detroit Riots, one of the worst riots in US history.
The 87th Tour de France came to an end with the winner losing his title.
Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
