Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
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Forty-three people were killed in the Detroit Riots, one of the worst riots in US history.
The 87th Tour de France came to an end with the winner losing his title.
The Chinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai.
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
