4299 results for “The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa” (617 ms)
First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.
First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000 (pictured), was released in Japan.
The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.
Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
Max Reger's Hebbel Requiem is first performed in a memorial concert for the composer, conducted by Philipp Wolfrum.
At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify t�
American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the wa�
Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861–1865 (born 1818)
Fragments of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 began colliding with the planet Jupiter , with the first impact causing a fireball that reached a peak temperature of 24,000 kelvin.
The Catcher in the Rye, an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was first published (cover pictured).
The United States conducted the first detonation of a nuclear weapon during the Trinity test (pictured).
Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie promulgated the nation's first modern constitution.
Max Reger's Hebbel Requiem was first performed in a memorial concert for the composer, conducted by Philipp Wolfrum.
First Indochina War: Viet Minh troops successfully ambush the armoured French column 'G.M. 42' in the Battle of Chu Dreh Pass in the Central Highlands. It is the last battle of the war.
NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.