British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
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NASA announced they had found 'Earth's bigger, older cousin.'
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.
The first US woman in space, Sally Ride, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
