Peggy Whitson set a NASA record for spending the most cumulative days living and working in space at 665 days.
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Google launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.
Machine guns were used for the first time in a battle in Omdurman, Sudan, Africa.
The Great Fire of London began.
The United States announced its recognition of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania's independence as individual countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Egypt's state TV lifted the ban on veiled news presenters.
