On this day in 1992, NASA launched Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board were Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
On this day in 2003, the United Nations lifted sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
On this day in 2008, the 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train killed 25 people.
On this day in 2011, the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City opens to the public.