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The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory with the golden spike.
Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
War of the First Coalition: Napoleon wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
Raquel Blandón, Guatemalan lawyer and activist, First Lady of Guatemala (died 2024)
First Barbary War: The Barbary corsairs of Tripoli declared war on the United States by cutting down the flagstaff in front of the U.S. consulate.
Chinese astronomers during the Han dynasty made the first precisely dated observation of a sunspot.
Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Rev�
The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
War of the First Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte conquers Venice.
Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, first President of Suriname (died 2010)
The Event Horizon Telescope released the first image of Sagittarius A*.
German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.
The crew of the airship Norge (pictured), led by Roald Amundsen, became the first people to make a verified trip to the North Pole.
Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to ascend Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.