A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
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South Ossetia declared its independence from Georgia.
The first Whole Foods store opened in Austin, Texas, US.
The Siege of Jerusalem began and lasted for 12 days.
Maryland passed its first anti-amalgamation law.
An African American man, Keith Lamont Scott, was shot dead by police on Old Concord Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.
