Iowa became the 29th state to join the United States of America.
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Andrea Bocelli made his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia.
Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope began the multi-day process of unfurling its sunshield.
LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman and the founding team members from PayPal and Socialnet.com.
Hong Kong began to slaughter the city's 1.6 million chickens to stop the spread of an influenza strain.
