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The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
Apollo program: the Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: Sixth day of the seventh month of the first year of the Ten'o (天応) era).
MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the�
Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
The first synod of Arles is opened by bishop Marinus of Arles.
Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, is opened to the general public.
The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
The first British mail coach service runs from Bristol to London.
First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.