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Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos were burnt at the stake in Brussels (pictured), becoming the first Lutherans executed by the Council of Brabant.
Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucio�
France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines
On the Feast of the Visitation, Bach led the first performance of his Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10, based on the German Magnificat.
First English Civil War: The combined forces of Scottish Covenanters and English Parliamentarians defeated Royalist troops at the Battle of Marston Moor.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
Flor María Chalbaud, First Lady of Venezuela (died 2013)
Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final.
The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
