The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched for its final mission.
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David Humphreys handed out the first recorded US passport.
'Inception,' starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, premiered in London, England.
The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence occurred.
The Sega Saturn console was released in Europe following its massive success in Japan & North America.
Navigator Vasco da Gama of Portugal started his first voyage.
