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USS Constitution, one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration.
The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.
The first games of the Special Olympics (athletes pictured), for athletes with intellectual disabilities, were held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines.
Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific coast at Bella Coola, British Columbia, completing the first recorded transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike (pictured) was sworn in as prime minister of Ceylon, becoming the world's first democratically elected female head of government.
Paulinus was consecrated as the first bishop of York by Justus, the archbishop of Canterbury.
The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak (first flag pictured), the day would be celebrated as Sarawak Day.
Windham William Sadler made the first successful aerial crossing of the Irish Sea, which he accomplished by balloon.
A crusader army captured Béziers, France, and massacred the city's inhabitants in the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.
Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in (pictured) as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.
Vanessa Williams, the first African-American Miss America, was forced to resign after the magazine Penthouse published nude photos of her without consent.
Wilfred Rhodes of England and Yorkshire became the only person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches.
The first National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opened in a house in Shanghai.
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female president of India.
Hillary Clinton (pictured) became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
L. L. Zamenhof (pictured) published Unua Libro, the first publication to describe Esperanto, a constructed international language.
On the orders of Catherine the Great the first of tens of thousands of Greek and Armenian Christians were removed from Crimea and resettled in Pryazovia.
Mattachine Midwest, a gay rights organization in Chicago, held its first meeting.
The world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production, the de Havilland Comet, had its maiden flight.