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Indonesia held its first direct presidential elections, which resulted in the election of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as President of Indonesia after the second round on September 20.
Elvis Presley recorded his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
Korean War: In the first encounter between North Korean and American forces, an unprepared and undisciplined U.S. Army task force was routed at the Battle of Osan.
Thomas Cook, the founder of the British travel company Thomas Cook & Son, organised his first excursion, escorting about 500 people from Leicester to Loughborough.
Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
Althea Gibson wins at the Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
The Republican Party of the United States held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan.
First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (died 2016)
The first day of the Festival of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)
In the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 airliner, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 (wreckage pictured) crashed on final approach to San Francisco International Airport, resulting in three deaths.
Jadranka Kosor became the first female prime minister of Croatia.
US President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.