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First World War: British mariner Charles Fryatt was executed in Bruges, Belgium, after a German court-martial found him guilty of being a franc-tireur.
Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
The first shots of World War I were fired by the Austro-Hungarian river monitor Bodrog on Serbian defences near Belgrade.
The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
A team of Italian climbers became the first to reach the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain.
First World War: The Battle of Passchendaele began near Ypres, Belgium, with the Allies aiming to force German troops to withdraw from the Channel Ports.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium.
Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
Tandy Corporation announced the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine campaign began with a victory at the Battle of Romani.
Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.
World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.