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Élisabeth Thible became the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon, covering a distance of 4 km (2.5 mi) and reaching an estimated altitude of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
The mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying business records in a New York trial, becoming the first former U.S. president found guilty in a criminal case.
Crew Dragon Demo-2 became the first commercial mission to the International Space Station.
The first clinical cases of AIDS were published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
American Civil War: The Union Army's victory in the First Battle of Memphis virtually eradicated the Confederate naval presence on the Mississippi River.
Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos-Ayres.
Margaret Bondfield (pictured) became the first female member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom when she was named Minister of Labour by Ramsay MacDonald.
Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific flight.
The first company of Mormon handcart pioneers left Iowa City for Salt Lake City, Utah.
The first Book of Common Prayer was legally mandated by Parliament, introducing a fully vernacular Protestant liturgy to the Church of England.
Bridget Bishop became the first person to be executed for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
Margaret Bondfield became the first female member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom when she was named Minister of Labour by Ramsay MacDonald.
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper apologised to the First Nations for past governments' policies of forced assimilation.
The Battle of Machias, the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, commenced in and around the port of Machias in what is now eastern Maine.
Catherine of Aragon (pictured) married King Henry VIII of England, becoming the first of his six wives.
Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film to star Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, was released.
Pioneer 10 passed the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to leave the proximity of the major planets of the Solar System.
The New York Times published the first excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page classified Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in the Vietnam�
Lewis and Clark Expedition: Meriwether Lewis became the first white American to sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.