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1727 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST masonic lodge in Lancashire was held in the King's Head Inn, Salford
1904 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST performance of James Barrie’s Peter Pan took place at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London
1918 ..... U.K ..... for the FIRST time a British sovereign welcomed an American President to Britain when King George V and Queen Mary met President and Mrs Wilson at Charing Cross Railway Station and then escorted them to Buckingham Palace. A state banquet was held at the palace and President Wilson visited Carlisle, his mother’s home
1927 ..... the curtain went up on Jerome Kern's immortal Show Boat for the FIRST time
1994 ….. Liv Arnesen, a Norwegian, became the FIRST woman to reach the South Pole alone after a journey which began on the 5th November
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