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Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Burning of Edinburgh by an English army is the first action of the Rough Wooing.
Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (died 1952)
Employees at Fleischer Studios in New York City went on strike in the animation industry's first major labor strike.
British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.
The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
Mexican–American War: American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
Great American Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California.
Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.