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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.
The Remington No. 1, the first commercially successful typewriter, went on sale.
Belgium introduced its first series of postage stamps, known as epaulettes (example pictured).
The Westminster Assembly of Divines first assembled to restructure the Church of England.
Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos were burnt at the stake in Brussels (pictured), becoming the first Lutherans executed by the Council of Brabant.
Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucio�
France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines
On the Feast of the Visitation, Bach led the first performance of his Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10, based on the German Magnificat.
First English Civil War: The combined forces of Scottish Covenanters and English Parliamentarians defeated Royalist troops at the Battle of Marston Moor.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.