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1923

The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.

1913

Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.

1979

Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.

1952

Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the…

Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.

1945

The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.

1897

The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the…

The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

1896

A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.

1870

In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official…

In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

1848

In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with…

In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.

1800

John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White…

John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).

1520

The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the…

The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magella�

1512

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.

2000

Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to…

Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.

1988

The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is…

The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.

1984

Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.

1936

The BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service…

The BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service begins. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.