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Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
First Partition of Poland: The representatives of Austria, Prussia, and Russia sign three bilateral conventions condemning the "anarchy" of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and imputing to the three�
The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America; it is forced to dock in Dartmouth when its companion ship, the Speedwell, spri�
Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.
Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
First public screening using the Vitaphone process
At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
The first British Grand Prix was held at Brooklands.
Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.
The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.