The Westminster Abbey in London was consecrated.
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The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman and the founding team members from PayPal and Socialnet.com.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope began the multi-day process of unfurling its sunshield.
Hong Kong began to slaughter the city's 1.6 million chickens to stop the spread of an influenza strain.
Iowa became the 29th state to join the United States of America.
