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William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans.
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
The first identifiable case of Ebola occurred in Sudan.
Korean War: Five North Korean aircraft attacked an American air convoy above Suwon Air Base in the first air engagement of the Korean War.
First Russian Revolution: The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin began a mutiny against their officers.
Queen Elizabeth I issued a royal charter establishing Jesus College, the first Protestant college at the University of Oxford.
For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
In Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
The US Congress establishes the first federal holidays (New Year Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas).