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The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people.
India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.
CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary La�
John Brallier becomes the first openly paid professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette A�
The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.