Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.
The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" is released in Britain.
President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon,Jr. make the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the plane Miss Veedol.
British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.
The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.[citation needed]
World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.
In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.