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1913 ..... U.K ..... steel was FIRST cast by Harry Brearley at Sheffield
1979 ..... U.S.A ..... Diana Nyad became the FIRST person to swim the 60 miles (although it was estimated that she had swum nearer to 89 miles) between the Bahamas and Florida . Time - 27 hrs 41 minutes
1980 ..... Reinhold Messner became the FIRST to climb Everest solo
1985 ..... the Amstrad PCW8256 word processor was FIRST launched bringing the computer into the homes of thousands for the first time
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