American business executive Dennis Tito becomes the first “space tourist” in 2001, spending six days aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. 2001 Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on January 3, 1987, becoming the first female inductee. 1987 The viral disease monkeypox is declared a public health emergency of international concern by WHO on July 23, 2022. 2022
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