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Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (died 1873)
Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo, 10th First Lady of Nigeria (born 1945)
Soong Mei-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek, 2nd First Lady of the Republic of China (born 1898)
Jeannette Piccard (pictured) piloted a hot-air balloon flight that reached 57,579 feet (17,550 m), becoming the first woman to fly in the stratosphere.
Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
"Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange, the first day of the panic in the markets that contributes to the Great Depression.
First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault o�
The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin Prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (born 1924)
War of the First Coalition: The Battle of Schliengen was fought between the French and Austrian armies, who both claimed victory.
The Brabant Revolution, sometimes considered to be the first expression of Belgian nationalism, began with the invasion of the Austrian Netherlands by an émigré army from the Dutch Republic.
The first leg of the 1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.
Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.
Vitold Fokin, Ukrainian first deputy prime minister (died 2025)