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Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
The Great Northern War: The first significant victory of the Russian Navy in the naval battle of Gangut against the Swedish Navy near the Hanko Peninsula.
According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.
Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.
In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.