Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
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Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
