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Moktar Ould Daddah, the first president of Mauritania, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Mustafa Ould Salek.
Viola Desmond, Canadian businesswoman and civil rights activist (first Canadian woman on a Canadian banknote) (died 1965)
William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell (died 1896)
Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 43rd First Lady of the United States (born 1912)
Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title (pictured lifting the trophy).
The US Navy launched the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first Standard-type battleship.
French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons co-discovered the first of his 37 comets, more than any other person in history.
Virgin Galactic launches its founder, Richard Branson, into space, the first company ever to do so.
In Johannesburg, Spain defeat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title.
Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec begins.
America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
The US Navy launches the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first standard-type battleship.
The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.