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Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois.
Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
The Volksempfänger is first presented to the German public at a radio exhibition; the presiding Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, delivers an accompanying speech heralding the radio as the�
The first British Track and Field championships for women are held in London, Great Britain.
German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
Major Gordon Laing becomes the first European to enter Timbuktu.
The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years.
Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, a cantata setting the unchanged text of Neander's hymn.
First Air Flight 6560 crashes 1 mile from the Resolute Bay runway, killing 12 of the 15 aboard.