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The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.
Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the first pope to resign his office.
Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.
The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the "official" victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître dr�
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.
Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a de facto colony.
Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War.
Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).