British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
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Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
NASA announced they had found 'Earth's bigger, older cousin.'
Singer legend Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in London, England.
