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In Cuba, the First Agrarian Reform Law – a cornerstone of the Cuban Revolution – was signed by Fidel Castro, aiming to eliminate large foreign-owned estates and redistribute land to over 100,000 peas�
The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75).
Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the first rules of Australian rules football.
Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
After being founded for 20 years, the Nationalist government approves Tongji University to be among the its first national universities.
The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.