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Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
The Imperial Theatrical School, the first ballet school in Russia, is founded.
Project Mercury: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
The first issue of the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda was published.
The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
The first edition of The Manchester Guardian, now The Guardian, is published.
Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.