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U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final.
The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published in Brooklyn.
John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.
Durham University established by Act of Parliament; the first recognized university to be founded in England since Cambridge over 600 years earlier.
The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.