Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
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The first US woman in space, Sally Ride, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
