St. Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican City was consecrated, becoming the world’s largest Christian basilica.
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The UK's repealed anti-gay amendment, Section 28, came to a complete end in the UK.
After two and a half years of Alpha and Beta development, the full version of Minecraft was released.
NASA's MAVEN space probe was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Push-button telephones were made available to the general public for the first time.
The Brazilian Space Agency announced that the country's Amazon rainforest had suffered its biggest spike in deforestation in over a decade.
