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1721 ..... U.K ..... Robert Walpole became Britain’s FIRST ever Prime Minister

1782 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST jeans were made commercially by Sam Wetherill of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1860 ..... U.S.A ..... Johnny Fry carried the FIRST Pony Express mail delivery on the first leg of its journey from St Joseph to San Francisco. The following day James Randall left San Francisco on the second leg of the journey, on horseback first and then by steamboat, and handed the mail on to William (Sam) Hamilton in Sacramento. There were 157 relay stations between St Joseph and San Francisco and eighty riders were employed at any one time to carry the mail between them, forty riders in each direction. In 1861 the Pony Express closed down after only 18 months with an estimated loss of $200,000

1889 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST meeting of Salford Borough Council was held

1930 ..... U.S.A ..... the Oscar ceremony was broadcast for the FIRST time by a local radio station

1933 ..... Everest was conquered for the FIRST time by plane when 2 specially built British planes made aviation history by flying over the summit. The pilots were the Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale and Fl Lt David McIntyre

1954 ..... U.K ..... In Town Tonight show number 714 made history as the FIRST radio show to be televised simultaneously

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