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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.
First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, a cantata setting the unchanged text of Neander's hymn.
The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.
Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (died 1946)
The Bersey Electric Cab (pictured) entered service as the first electric taxi in London.
J. S. Bach led the first performance of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, a cantata setting the unchanged text of Neander's hymn.
First Air Flight 6560 crashes 1 mile from the Resolute Bay runway, killing 12 of the 15 aboard.
The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
The first King of Hungary, Stephen I, and his son, Prince Emeric, are canonized, a date now celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.
Marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia, Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid defeat the Byzantine Empire and take control of the Levant.
Pluto (pictured) was photographed for the first time at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, U.S., 21 years before it was officially discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.
The first Siege of Pensacola came to an end with the British and Creek abandoning their attempt to capture Pensacola in Spanish Florida.