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In a special election in Wyoming, Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to be elected as a governor in the United States.
The keel of USS Nevada was laid down, beginning construction on the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought".
The City and South London Railway (carriage pictured), the first deep-level underground railway in the world, officially opened, running 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of London and Stockwell.
Donald Trump becomes the first president of the United States to be elected to a non-consecutive second term in 132 years, since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election.
India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
John Alcock, captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, copilot of the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight (died 1919)
The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe.
American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first-degree murder.
Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot was submitted for publication.
WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.
Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.