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Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League final to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season.
The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch.
Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City, and causing cars to overturn.
Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed.
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.
First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
The Linnanmäki amusement park is opened for the first time in Helsinki.
The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs.
Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (born 1910)
Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (born 864)
American singer Bob Dylan (pictured) released The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, his first album to include a significant number of original songs.
French drivers André Lagache and René Léonard completed the most laps during the first edition of the sports car race the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Pope Benedict XV (pictured) promulgated the Pio-Benedictine Code, the first official comprehensive codification of Latin canon law.
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader.
Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.