Taylor Swift won six awards at the American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade.
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A four-day ceasefire in Gaza between HAMAS and Israeli forces began.
STS 44 Atlantis 10 was launched into space.
A catastrophic landslide on Mont Granier destroyed five villages.
George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
Photographer Alfred Stieglitz opened The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in Manhattan, New York.
