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1672 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST public concert was held in London but the musicians performed behind a curtain 

1879 ..... the FIRST performance of The Pirates of Penzance took place in Paignton and New York 

1914 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST performer to achieve simultaneous premieres on stage and screen was Marie Dressler who opened in A Mix Up at the 39th Street Theater on the same night that her feature length comedy Tillie’s Punctured Romance opened at the New York Theatre 

1919 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST woman bar student was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn 

1930 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST photograph of the earth’s curvature was exhibited in Cleveland, Ohio 

1954 ..... U.K ..... British athlete Chris Chataway became the FIRST winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award