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The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite.
President Faustin Soulouque of the First Republic of Haiti has the Senate and Chamber of Deputies proclaim him the Emperor of Haiti, abolishing the Republic and inaugurating the Second Empire of Haiti�
The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
The Fronde: First Fronde: In the wake of the successful Battle of Lens, Cardinal Mazarin, Chief Minister of France, suddenly orders the arrest of the leaders of the Parlement of Paris, provoking the r�
The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published in Great Britain.
First day of the Sarny Massacre, perpetrated by Germans and Ukrainians.
The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
The Qing dynasty promulgates the Qinding Xianfa Dagang, the first constitutional document in the history of China, transforming the Qing empire into a constitutional monarchy.
Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code governing the samurai class.
The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
Meitnerium, a synthetic chemical element with the atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.