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Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a crewed spacecraft is launched into space twice.
The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (born 1789)
The European Space Agency's lander Philae touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.
The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC.
William Heffelfinger was paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association, becoming the first professional American football player.
As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number,
Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
The first of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland.
Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
Dorothea Erxleben, German first female medical doctor (died 1762)
Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first commercial film shown with stereophonic sound, premiered at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.
The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
Reverend Caesar "Butch" Conde leads first worship service of the Bread of Life Ministries International in the Philippines.