The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
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Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
NASA announced they had found 'Earth's bigger, older cousin.'
Forty-three people were killed in the Detroit Riots, one of the worst riots in US history.
The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
