Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
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Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
The first US woman in space, Sally Ride, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
The Chinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
