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1793 ….. U.K ..... £5 notes were FIRST issued by the Bank of England
1874 ….. FRANCE ..... the FIRST Impressionist Exhibition was opened at Nadar's Photographic Studio at 35 Boulevard des Capucines. 165 paintings were on show and among the 29 artists displaying their works was the FIRST woman to embrace Impressionism, Mademoiselle Berthe Morisot, who showed nine of her works
1901..... U.K ..... the FIRST motor hearse appeared on the streets of Britain when it carried the body of William Drakeford to his burial in Coventry. His employer, the Daimler Motor Company, had adapted one of their cars for the occasion
1923 ….. U.S.A ..... the FIRST presentation of a sound-on-film picture before a paying audience took place at the Rialto Theatre in New York. Several singing and musical shorts were shown by Lee de forest. The main film, Bella Donna, was a silent feature starring Pola Negri
1956 ….. U.S.A ..... the FIRST McDonald's hamburger store opened in California
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