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1960

The U

The U.S. Navy submarine Triton completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.

1981

Dr

Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.

1982

Falklands War: HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile, killing 20 sailors and leading to its sinking six days lat

Falklands War: HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile, killing 20 sailors and leading to its sinking six days later—the first Royal Navy ship sunk in action since World War II.

1960

The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid

The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.

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Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, B

Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia,�

2010

David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the c

David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.

2010

David Cameron took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the

David Cameron took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.

1993

Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum

Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and in�

1914

Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social even

Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social events before the outbreak of the First World War.

1937

Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean and disappear while attempting to…

Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean and disappear while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.

1807

Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the…

Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.

1956

The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the…

The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an indust�

1522

The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and…

The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.

1947

Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet U

Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.

1912

Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel

Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

1853

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.

73

Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War

Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War.

1457 BC

Battle of Megiddo – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail

Battle of Megiddo – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.

1892

Dora Richter, German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming su

Dora Richter, German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming surgery (died 1966)

1661

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (died 1715)

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (died 1715)