1798 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST screw was patented by David Wilkinson of Rhode Island 

1810 ..... U.K ..... the earliest authentic record of golf  played by women is to be found in the minute book of the Musselburgh Club and this may well be accepted as the FIRST chapter in the history of women’s golf 

1898 ..... U.K ..... a battery driven electric tram was demonstrated in Pendleton, Salford, for the FIRST time 

1901 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST open table-tennis tournament was held. This was the Championship of London event and was held at the Royal Aquarium. The men’s event was won by R. Ayling and the women’s by Miss Vyvyan Eames 

1906 ..... GERMANY ..... the FIRST German submarine, V1, entered service 

1911 ..... the Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen, became the FIRST man to reach the South Pole 

1918 ..... U.K ..... women voted for the FIRST time in the General Election in Britain and the FIRST woman M.P was elected, Constance, Countess Markievicz, Sinn Fein member for St. Patrick’s Dublin  

1928 ..... U.S.A ..... the world’s FIRST miniature golf course was opened near Chattanooga in Tennessee by John G Carter 

1934 ..... women in Turkey were given the vote for the FIRST time 

1939 ..... U.S.A ..... Gone With the Wind was shown for the FIRST time and established a number of records - its length 3 hours 42 minutes plus an interval, 10 Academy Awards including an Oscar for Hattie McDaniel, the FIRST black winner of an Oscar and it ran for 4 years at The Ritz in London 

1962 ..... SPACE ..... the U.S. space probe, Mariner 2, transmitted the FIRST close-up pictures of the planet Venus 

1986 ..... Gena Jaeger and Dick Ruttan began a non-stop flight around the world, without refuelling, for the FIRST time. The journey, in Voyager, ended on December 23rd

1998 ….. President Bill Clinton became the FIRST US President to set foot on Palestinian-controlled land - Gaza

2006 ….. U.K ..... for the FIRST time in history a serving Prime Minister in Britain was questioned by the police in a criminal investigation when Tony Blair was interviewed at 10 Downing Street in the Cash For Peerages scandal

2007 ….. U.K ..... when Barbara Ryder met with Andy Loudon it was the FIRST time an 'Altruistic' kidney donor had met the recipient without previously knowing who would benefit when the law was changed to allow organ donations to strangers. Barbara became one of the FIRST four in the country to be a 'non-directed altruistic kidney donor'