Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
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Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
Singer legend Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in London, England.
Forty-three people were killed in the Detroit Riots, one of the worst riots in US history.
NASA announced they had found 'Earth's bigger, older cousin.'
The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
