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Lewis and Clark Expedition: Meriwether Lewis became the first white American to sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
First English Civil War: Prince Maurice abandoned his siege of Lyme Regis in Dorset after learning of the approach of a Parliamentarian relief force.
American acrobat Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls.
Bessie Coleman (pictured) became the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Liu Yang (pictured), a member of the Shenzhou 9 crew, became the first Chinese woman in space.
Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space.
In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.
Aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman and third one overall in space.
The first officially recorded baseball game in U.S. history using modern rules was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, with the "New York Nine" defeating the New York Knickerbockers 23–1.
The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, the first major conference in genocide studies, opened despite Turkish attempts to cancel it due to the inclusion of presentations on the Ar�
Steven Spielberg's film Jaws was released; it became a summer blockbuster and the first film to earn $100 million in U.S. theatrical rentals.
Ellen Fairclough (pictured) became the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of Canada.
The first instalment of the video-game series Sonic the Hedgehog was released in North America.
The College Board administered the first SAT, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in the United States.
War of the First Coalition: Napoleon signed the Armistice of Bologna, agreeing a ceasefire between France and the Papal States.
Julia Gillard (pictured) was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd declined to contest a leadership spill in the Labor Party.
The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand.
"O Canada", the present-day national anthem of Canada, was first performed in Quebec City during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day banquet.
The first Grand Lodge of Freemasonry, the Premier Grand Lodge of England, was founded in London.
In the decisive battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeated English troops under Edward II near Bannockburn, Scotland.