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The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand.
"O Canada", the present-day national anthem of Canada, was first performed in Quebec City during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day banquet.
The first Grand Lodge of Freemasonry, the Premier Grand Lodge of England, was founded in London.
The rainbow flag (original version pictured) representing gay pride was first flown at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade.
More than an estimated 400 million people viewed Our World, the first live international satellite television production.
The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans.
The first identifiable case of Ebola occurred in Sudan.
First Russian Revolution: The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin began a mutiny against their officers.
Queen Elizabeth I issued a royal charter establishing Jesus College, the first Protestant college at the University of Oxford.
The Nakhla meteorite (fragments pictured), the first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt.
Giselle (title role pictured), a ballet by the French composer Adolphe Adam, was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris.
Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.
The College Board administered the first Scholastic Aptitude Test, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in the United States.
Julia Gillard was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd declined to contest a leadership spill in the Labor Party.
Legislative powers in Scotland were first devolved from the Scottish Office in London to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
Ghana became a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president.
B. Anthony Stewart is credited with the first image on the cover of National Geographic featuring the 49-star flag of the United States after Alaska's admission to the Union as a U.S. state.
The first flight departed New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, then known as New York International Airport.
The first Grant Park Music Festival was held in Chicago's Grant Park.
Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured), the first full-length Chinese film, is released in Shanghai.