Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World
Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
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Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land d�
The Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky flew the self-designed Russky Vityaz, the world's first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft.
Johnny Moss, gambler and professional poker player, first winner of the World Series of Poker (died 1995)
The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opened in Frankfurt, Germany, featuring the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form tod�
Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
First World War: Australian and New Zealand troops repelled the third attack on Anzac Cove, inflicting heavy casualties on the attacking Ottoman forces.
Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, was established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, featuring the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form toda�
Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to utilise a public referendum to legalise gay marriage.
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum, the world's first university museum, opened.
Joe Brown and George Band, members of the British Kangchenjunga expedition, made the first ascent of the world's third-highest mountain but deliberately did not set foot on the summit.
A socialist convention in Leeds, United Kingdom, called for an end to the First World War and the establishment of Workers' and Soldiers' Delegates across the country.
First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under German lines, killing perhaps 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history during the Battle of Messines.
The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
World War II: Germany launches the first V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs strike their targets.