February 15- Bill Torrey becomes first Islander General Manager
February 16- First player to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games)
February 20- First time the Cleveland Cavaliers beat New York Knicks (111-109)
February 29- Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign a $200,000 for a year
March 8- First airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa)
March 8- First flight of the Goodyear blimp
March 10- First black U.S. political convention opens in Gary,Indiana
March 18- AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
April 1- Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
April 4- First electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
April 16- 1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock
April 17- 1st Boston Woman's marathon won by Nina Kuscik of New York at 3:10:26
May 14- Willie May's first game as A New York Met his home run beats the San Francisco Giants 5-4
June 3- First female U.S. rabbi installed, Sally J Preisand at 25
June 7- Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conductedd 1st ordination in America
June 25- Yvonne Braitwaite Burkebecomes first black chair in Dem convention
June 25- Bernice Gera becomes first female umpire in pro baseball.
June 30- First leap second day;also in 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1985
July 7- First women FBI sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E Pierce)
July 9- First tour of Paul McCartney and Wings, France
July 23- First Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched
August 1- First article to expose Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward)
August 21- 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps
August 24- Dennis Amiss scores 1st one-day int century, 103 vs. Australia
August 29- San Francisco Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row
September 2- Rod Stewart's 1st #1 hit (You Wear it Well)
September 4- U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals
September 13- 1st TV broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS
September 16- 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie
September 18- 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego)
September 27- 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition)
September 28- David Bowie sells out his 1st show in New York's Carnegie Hall
October 1- 1st games of World Hockey Association
October 2- Ron Johnson becomes 1st New York Giant to score 4 touchdowns vs. Philadelphia
October 3- Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown
October 7- 1st season game at Nassau Coliseum, Flames-3, Islanders-2
October 12- Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot
October 14- Oakland A Gene Tenace is 1st to homer in 1st 2 World Series at bats
October 17- 1st time Islanders shut-out-5-0 vs Penguins
November 1- 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer"
December 16- Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)
December 25- England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi
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