The first US woman in space, Sally Ride, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
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British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
Singer legend Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in London, England.
The Chinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai.
Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
