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American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga begins between Confederate and Union forces. It involves the second highest amount of casualties for any American Civil War battle apart from Gettysburg.
World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.
World War I: Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end the war.
Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
Battle of Megiddo – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.
Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29 1/2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International A�
The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
The town of Elmore City, Oklahoma holds its first dance in the town's history.
Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
Three-Fifths Compromise: The first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three-fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of t�
The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.
Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16, an event commonly known and celebrated as Bicycle Day.