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.
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
The Chinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
