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World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only Brit�
Causes of World War I: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo, beginning the July Crisis and providing the casus belli of World War I.
World War II: Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finni�
American journalists Herbert R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram, Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times start the race to travel around the worl�
The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ da�
The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with "Good Night".
Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
First Barbary War: United States Marines capture Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.
Charles Dickens publishes the first edition of his literary magazine, All the Year Round, containing the first installment of his best-selling classic, A Tale of Two Cities.
The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
Verdi's Requiem was first performed at San Marco in Milan on the first anniversary of Manzoni's death.
First issue of Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler, the first regular Norwegian newspaper (1763–1920).
First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey becomes the first British coronation and one of the first major international events to be televised.
First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.