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73 ..... U.S.A ..... Helen Blanchard invented the FIRST zigzag stitch sewing machine1897 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST taxicabs took to the streets of London. They were coloured black and yellow and were nicknamed ‘hummingbirds’. They were electric and belonged to the London Electric Cab company but although popular at first with the public a number of accidents ruined the company and it went out of business
1914 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST aeroplane reconnaissance mission was flown by Capt Bertram Dickson during the British Army's autumn military manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain
1929 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST film shown on British television was The Bride by British Sound Productions. It starred George Robey and was transmitted from the Baird Television Studios in Long Acre, London. The FIRST film made for television was a comedy called The Early Bird Catches the Worm
1957 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST ratified altitude record for a manned balloon over 100,000 ft ( 30,480 m) was achieved by Major David G Simons, a medical officer of the U.S Air Force. He took off from Crosby, Minnesota on this day to gather scientific data in the Stratosphere and landed at Frederick, South Dakota, the following day
1963 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST casino/cinema in Britain opened at The Carlton, Salford
1995 .....U.K ..... Katy Mason and David Latham became the FIRST couple ever to be married in the Lord Mayor’s Parlour at Manchester Town Hall which is one of 58 special venues in the region to be approved for weddings
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