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1833 ..... the FIRST steamship to cross the Atlantic entirely under power, the Canadian vessel the Royal William, began her journey from Nova Scotia to the Isle of Wight
1896 ..... U.K ..... in the year that the Red Flag Act was repealed, Mrs Bridget Driscoll, aged 44, became the FIRST road casualty in Britain when she was knocked down and killed near the Crystal Palace, London on her way to a folk dancing display
1908 ..... FRANCE ..... the FIRST cartoon film to tell a story Fantasmagorie, was premiered at the Theatre du Gymnase in Paris
1989 ..... U.K ..... Richard Hart, accused of theft, became Britain’s FIRST electronically-tagged suspect and then allowed to go home
1998 ….. U.S.A ..... Bill Clinton became the FIRST U.S. President to testify before a Grand Jury
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