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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.
First War of Scottish Independence: English forces led by Edward I defeated William Wallace's Scottish troops at the Battle of Falkirk.
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 as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a de facto colony.
Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in (pictured) as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.
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.
Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War.
Trevor Francis, Britain's first "£1 million football player" (born 1954)
Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.