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Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty the same day and hanged on June 10.
The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
After a five-month siege during the First Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch.
The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the United States giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile and also gives it a successful test run.
An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco via the first transcontinental railroad, 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres (2.5 mi) in 45 minutes, and reached an estimated 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in altitude�
The Boeing Starliner is launched on its first crewed flight, carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station.
Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
