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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.
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.
The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville�
Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.