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One Direction, each boy being an individual artist are formed as a group by Simon Cowell on the 7th season of the X-Factor UK.
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Simon Cowell signs the band a $2 million record deal.
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The release of the track What Makes You Beautiful debuted world-wide and was almost instantly on the top charts.
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One Direction's first album release.
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This is the date in which their 1st world tour started. They performed about 60 shows in over 40 countries. The entire tour sold out in 12 minutes.
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One Direction are interviewed by the Today Show
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The boys were given the opportunity to perform at Madison Square Garden.
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The beginning of the Take Me Home tour begins on this day
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A group of hackers within the fandom changed the alphabetizing within the itunes system, and instead of purchasing the song, directioners over an 8 hour period leaked the Midnight Memories Album
