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Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
Soviet Union Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.
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.
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.
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.