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Marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia, Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid defeat the Byzantine Empire and take control of the Levant.
Pluto (pictured) was photographed for the first time at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, U.S., 21 years before it was officially discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.
The first Siege of Pensacola came to an end with the British and Creek abandoning their attempt to capture Pensacola in Spanish Florida.
American golfer Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
The Stadtpark, the first public park in Vienna, opens to the public.
The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.
Bajram Rexhepi, First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (born 1954)
John McKinly, American physician and politician, first Governor of Delaware (born 1721)
Peninsular War: British and Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.
The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.
Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
Alun Michael, Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales
King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.