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The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes.
Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of six reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia.
During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author, first IOC president (born 1835)
USS Constitution, one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration.
The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.
The first games of the Special Olympics (athletes pictured), for athletes with intellectual disabilities, were held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific coast at Bella Coola, British Columbia, completing the first recorded transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico.
Carole Jordan, British astrophysicist and the first female president of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first President of Nepal.
Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).
Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.