1775 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST battle of the American War of Independence began at Concord, Massachusetts

1879 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST issue of the Salford City Reporter was published under the title of Pendleton Reporter and Weaste Times. It cost 1d

1880 ..... the war correspondent of The Times telephoned his report of the battle of Ahmed Khel, during the second Afghan war, the FIRST time that news had been sent from a field of battle in this way

1896 ..... FRANCE ..... the FIRST cartoon about the cinema was published in France in the satirical newspaper Le Charivari

1897..... U.S.A ..... the Boston Marathon was run for the FIRST time and was won by John McDermott of New York

1951 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST Miss World beauty contest was held at the Lyceum Ballroom, London and the FIRST Miss World title went to Miss Sweden, 21 year old Kiki Haakonson. There were 30 contestants and 25 came from Britain although all nations could enter. It was supposed to be a one-off event to publicise the Festival of Britain and was organised by Eric Morley. Miss Sweden won £1000

1956 ..... MONACO ..... Grace Kelly became the FIRST American film star to wed a reigning monarch when she married Prince Rainier 111 of Monaco on this day

1958 ..... U.K ..... Bobby Charlton made the FIRST of 106 appearances for England. In the match against Scotland he scored the FIRST of his record 49 international goals

1994 ..... U.K ..... Queens, a smart secretarial college in South Kensington, signed up a man for the FIRST time in its 70 years

1995 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST television advert for football pools was screened in a £1.5m Littlewood's campaign. The ban on such commercials was lifted after the company protested to the government that the National Lottery was hitting their profits

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