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Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest without the aid of Sherpas or bottled oxygen.
Zakir Husain took office as the first elected Muslim President of India.
The Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky flew the self-designed Russky Vityaz, the world's first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft.
Johann Sebastian Bach first performed the church cantata Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 183 in Leipzig, Germany.
Arsenal became the first football team in England's top flight to finish a season undefeated since Preston North End did so in 1888–1889.
The United Kingdom tested its first hydrogen bomb over Malden Island in Operation Grapple.
Don Murphy organized the first pinewood derby, an event for Cub Scouts of the Boy Scouts of America where wooden cars built by the scouts are raced.
Fertilisation of Orchids, the first book by Charles Darwin which demonstrated the power of natural selection in detail, was published.
Bach led the first performance of his cantata Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85, about Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
The first copies of the children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum were printed.
Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu.
The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks, was turned on for the first time.
The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent piece to be made of a copper–nickel alloy.
Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, was established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
The first of two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, resulting in seven deaths.
The first session of the National Diet opened in Tokyo, Japan.
Thomas Thorpe published the first copies of Shakespeare's sonnets, possibly without William Shakespeare's consent.