Dan Brown released his fourth novel in the Da Vinci Code series, Inferno, which became an instant success.
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Delegates started to gather in Philadelphia to draw up the US constitution.
The ban on Sunday baseball was lifted in Washington, D.C., making it the 3rd city to do so.
The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation published Anne Frank's complete diary.
The USA's first space station, Skylab, was launched into Earth's orbit.
Israel declared independence from the British administration.
