** First mentioning of Saul ( St. Paul ) in the Bible ( 7: 58 )

** First Court of Appeals of Texas

** First name, last name

** First name, last name

** First name, last name

** First name and middle initial

** First and middle initials and suffix ; blood group

** First name, middle initial

** USS Enterprise ( NCC-1701-E ), the main setting for the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis

** First son: Imperial Prince Fushimi-no-miya Yoshihito ( 伏見宮栄仁親王 ) ( First Fushimi-no-miya )

** First daughter: ??

** First son: Imperial Prince Ryōnin ( 亮仁入道親王 ) ( Buddhist Lay Priest )

** First daughter: Imperial Princess Haruko ( 治子内親王 )

** First son: Imperial Prince Motohito ( 幹仁親王 ) ( Emperor Go-Komatsu )

** First daughter: Imperial Princess Keiko ( 珪子内親王 )

** c. 7 Ma: First hominins appear

** 3. 9 Ma: First Australopithecus, direct ancestor to modern Homo sapiens, appear

** 200 ka ( kiloannum: thousand years ago ): First modern Homo sapiens appear in East Africa

** First Intermediate Period: 22nd to 21st centuries BC

** First Nations of Canada

** First day of Golowan Festival ( Cornwall )

** First night of Ivan Kupala Day

** First Martyrs of the Church of Rome

** First edition, 1940

** Bare assertions – making entirely unsubstantiated claims-may also be considered a form of research misconduct although there is no evidence that cases of this form have ever led to a finding of misconduct.

** Jeanne Calment, the oldest person ever, dies at age 122 years 164 days in Arles, France.

** In Durban, South Africa the Timeless Test begins between England and South Africa, the longest game of cricket ever played.

** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt's " Infamy " Address to a Joint Session of Congress at 12: 30 p. m. EST ( 17. 30 GMT ) and transmitted live over all four major national networks attracts the largest audience ever for an American radio broadcast, over 81 % of homes.

** Boris Yeltsin is elected as the first ever elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

** " Sue ", the best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota.

** Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the longest ever women's final at the French Open, to win her 19th Grand Slam title.

** The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever ( adjusted for inflation ), at US $ 850 a troy ounce.

** Syed Abdul Rahim, First ever Indian national football manager ( b. 1909 )

** The Warsaw radio mast is completed, the second tallest structure ever built ( it collapses on August 8, 1991 ).

** The Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad merge to form Penn Central, the largest ever corporate merger up to this date.

** Ireland submits the first ever application to join the then European Economic Community.

** The American nuclear submarine USS Seadragon ( SSN-584 ) surfaced through the arctic ice cap at the North Pole, the first submarine ever to do so.

** The Pittsburgh Steelers win their first ever post-season NFL game, defeating the Oakland Raiders 13 – 7, on a last second play that becomes known as The Immaculate Reception.

** Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.

** In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from + 6. 7 ° C to-48. 8 ° C ( 44 ° F to-56 ° F ) in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.

** A guard takes his place at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Washington, DC ; continuous guard has been maintained there ever since.

** The first ever regeneration in Doctor Who: William Hartnell's face morphs into that of Patrick Troughton.

** Prime Minister of Cape Verde Pedro Pires resigns following his party's loss in the January 13 Cape Verdean parliamentary election, the first ever multiparty election in an African nation.

** Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date.

** James Moore, winner of the first ever cycle race ( b. 1849 )

** The worlds largest ever recorded surface wind speed of 231 miles per hour was recorded on the summit of Mt.

** The region of Wairarapa, New Zealand is hit by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand ( Magnitude 8. 1 on the Richter Scale ); there are five deaths.

** Trijntje Keever, presumed to have been the tallest woman ever ( d. 1633 )