Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
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The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
Forty-three people were killed in the Detroit Riots, one of the worst riots in US history.
The first US woman in space, Sally Ride, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
Singer legend Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in London, England.
