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New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ da�
World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
Aftermath of World War II: In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their�
St. Joseph Mutiny: African soldiers in the 1st West India Regiment – led by former slave trader Daaga – launched a rebellion in the British colony of Trinidad in an attempt to escape to Africa.
The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 yea�
Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns�
Anti-lynching movement: The Silent Parade takes place in New York City, in protest against murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, result�
An all-white jury in Mississippi finds Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam not guilty in the torture-murder of 14-year-old African American boy Emmett Till.
The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with "Good Night".
Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
First Barbary War: United States Marines capture Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.
Charles Dickens publishes the first edition of his literary magazine, All the Year Round, containing the first installment of his best-selling classic, A Tale of Two Cities.
The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
Verdi's Requiem was first performed at San Marco in Milan on the first anniversary of Manzoni's death.
First issue of Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler, the first regular Norwegian newspaper (1763–1920).
First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.