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Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.
World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
World War I: The First Battle of the Marne, which would halt the Imperial German Army's advance into France, begins.
According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British record�
World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
First World War: The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force invaded German New Guinea, winning the Battle of Bita Paka.
World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army troops.
World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
Second World War: The Royal Navy lost its first warship in the war when German submarine U-29 torpedoed and sank HMS Courageous.
The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.