A brand new design for Freedom Tower in Manhattan, New York, was publicly revealed.
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The first Hughes Communications Galaxy satellite was launched into orbit.
A Neolithic trackway dating to 2300 B.C. was uncovered in a nondescript field in Suffolk, on the east coast of England, thanks to a power company.
Labor Day became an official US holiday.
Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated, ultimately causing World War I.
Mercedes and Benz merged to form the brand name Mercedes-Benz.
