British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
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Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
The first US woman in space, Sally Ride, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
