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George Washington (pictured) took the oath of office as the first president of the United States at Federal Hall in New York City.
SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, first appeared in the constellation Lupus.
The United Arab Emirates leaves OPEC after six decades of membership, becoming the first member of the organization to do so.
Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (born 1669)
The Conservative Party of Canada won enough seats in the federal election to establish their first majority government.
The Chaitén volcano in Chile began to erupt for the first time since around 1640.
Mireya Moscoso (pictured) became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
Panamanian general election: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
King Richard I of England gave the city of Portsmouth its first royal charter.
A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
Albert Günther publishes the first study to recognise that the New Zealand tuatara is not a lizard.
The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter.
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (born 1641)
Nine students and a security guard are killed in the Belgrade school shooting, the first attack of its kind in Serbia.
Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.