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Liberia declares its independence from the United States. France and the United Kingdom are the first to recognize the new nation.
First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.
Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.
In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.