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U Thant is unanimously appointed as the 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the first non-European individual to occupy the post.
Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
John Willis Menard (R-LA) becomes the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he is never seated.
English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
Ingrid Rüütel, Estonian philologist and academic, 3rd First Lady of Estonia
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, carrying the space dog Laika as the first living creature to enter orbit around Earth.
The first film featuring the giant monster known as Godzilla was released (poster pictured) nationwide in Japan.
The Parliament of England passed the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Church of England, supplanting the pope and the Catholic Church.
Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.
The Netherlands experiences the first car-free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur, Prince of Wales, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.
Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (born 1960)
Barack Obama (pictured) became the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.