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The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando.
First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
Police and protesters clash during 1968 Democratic National Convention protests as protesters chant "The whole world is watching".
Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle with an internal combustion engine, the Reitwagen.
The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen (replica pictured).
With the first use of his 1.2-metre (3.9 ft) telescope, then the largest in the world, William Herschel discovered a new moon of Saturn, later named Enceladus (pictured).
The Third World Population Conference ends in Bucharest, Romania. At the end of the ceremony, the UN-Romanian Demographic Centre is inaugurated.
Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (born 1939)
Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (died 1912)
Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (born 1941)
The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (born 1931)
According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British record�
Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.
World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people.
Johan Harmenberg, Swedish Olympic and world champion épée fencer