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At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.
A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
�elaide, South Australia, was finished, completing at the time the world's longest and fastest guided busway, with buses (example pictured) travelling 12 km (7.5 mi) at speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph�
Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
The World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
The Royal Navy's R.38, the world's largest airship at the time, was destroyed by a structural failure over Hull, killing 44 of the 49 crew aboard.
The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando.
First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
Police and protesters clash during 1968 Democratic National Convention protests as protesters chant "The whole world is watching".
An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace bringing an end to any hypothetical war that may have been legally considered to exist.
War of the First Coalition: The Peace of Leoben is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Maximilian, Count of Merveldt, creating an armistice between France and Austria, setting the stage for the Treaty of�
Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.