Forty-three people were killed in the Detroit Riots, one of the worst riots in US history.
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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.
Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
The Chinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai.
