The first confirmed trip to the North Pole was carried out by the Norge, a semi-rigid Italian-built airship.
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The first-ever quadraphonic concert was held.
National Hospital Day was first observed.
The first university in the New World, the National University of San Marcos, was founded in Lima, Peru.
The first-ever cricket County Championship started, finishing with Yorkshire beating Gloucestershire.
The United States and Canada formed NORAD – the North American Air Defense Command.
