Father Junipero Serra started his first mission in California named “Mission San Diego.”
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Oklahoma City, USA, installed the world's first parking meter.
The world's first atomic bomb was detonated.
The opera 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart premiered in Vienna, Austria.
Jurassic Park III premiered in Los Angeles, California.
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's Parliament declared sovereignty over Ukrainian territories.