Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
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Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
The Chinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
