British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
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The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
Singer legend Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in London, England.
NASA announced they had found 'Earth's bigger, older cousin.'
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
Forty-three people were killed in the Detroit Riots, one of the worst riots in US history.