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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.
Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
Vega becomes the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.
The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially opened.
William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple took a daguerreotype of Vega, the first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun.
Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136, in Leipzig on the eighth Sunday after Trinity.
The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree (died 1923)
Stefan, first Archbishop of Uppsala (born before 1143)
At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event.
Johann Sebastian Bach directed the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz in Leipzig.