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Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
Bernadette Chirac, French politician, First Lady of France
Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel�
In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.
The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opened in Frankfurt, Germany, featuring the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form tod�
The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten (died 1894)
Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu.
The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks, was turned on for the first time.
The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent piece to be made of a copper–nickel alloy.