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..... U.K ..... The Observer newspaper was FIRST published 1798 ..... U.K ..... income tax was FIRST introduced by William Pitt, the Younger 1937 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST edition of The Dandy, the world's longest running comic, appeared. It cost two old pence, contained 28 pages and had a free gift of an Express Whistler inside 1938 ….. U.K ..... Teaser Time was one of the FIRST quiz shows on commercial radio on Radio Normandy. The FIRST wireless quiz was The Query Programme in 1926 and the FIRST regular series appeared when Puzzle Corner popped up as part of Monday Night at Seven (1937). Freddie Grisewood was spelling master of the first Spelling Bee series in 1938. After WW2 the first money prizes of half-a-crown, five bob, ten bob and a pound were on The Double or Quits Cash Quiz 1999 ….. U.K ..... Manchester's FIRST German market opened in St Ann's Square in the city centre
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