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1814 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST 1000 guineas race was run at Newmarket for 3 year old fillies
1908 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST Charity Shield match resulted in a 1-1 draw between Manchester United and QPR. Four months later the game was replayed and United won 4-0
1910 ..... U.K ..... Louis Paulhan, pioneer French aviator made the FIRST flight from London to Manchester when he touched down in a potato field in Burnage
1923 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST FA Cup Final was held at Wembley Stadium. 200,000 ticket holders arrived at a stadium which was only designed to hold 125,000 and when 60,000 irate fans rushed the turnstiles a human torrent swept onto the pitch. Players were engulfed by the crown and 1,000 men, women and children were injured. The game began one hour late and Bolton beat West Ham 2-0
1941 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST daily drama serial, Front-Line Family, was broadcast by the BBC Overseas Service
1968 ..... U.K ..... the Abortion Act FIRST came into effect in Britain. The bill was on its eight presentation and had been introduced by Liberal MP David Steel
1990 ..... U.K ..... the Rev. Margaret Clarke was installed as the FIRST woman canon of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford. She was parish deacon of St Michael and St Mary Magdalene at Easthampstead and was installed at Christ Church by the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev. Richard Harries
2005 ….. U.K ..... for the FIRST time in a General Election in Britain all three leaders of the main parties were together for a television Question Time programme
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