The First Crusaders successfully sieged Jerusalem and took it from the Fatimid Caliphate.
Source
King Kamehameha III of Hawaii signed the Declaration of Rights, which was a significant movement away from the country's 'ancient ways.'
King Louis XIV of France was coronated.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resumed TV broadcasting for the first time since the end of WWII.
Queen Elizabeth I and George VI became the first king and queen of Great Britain to travel to the US.
Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.
