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1783 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST executions were carried out at Newgate Gaol 

1960 ..... U.K .....the FIRST episode of Coronation Street was televised.  The first words spoken were those of Florrie Linley as she entered her corner shop and said ‘That name above the door’ll have to be changed’ 

1977 ..... U.S.A ..... Kenneth Le Vasseur of Honolulu, the world’s FIRST dolphin rustler, was convicted of stealing two dolphins from the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. He set them free in the Pacific Ocean 

1996 ..... U.K ..... the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, became the FIRST member of the British Royal family to be named Turkey of the Year by the British Turkey Federation

2003 ..... U.K ..... Britain's FIRST toll motorway opened to by pass the heavily congested M6 between junctions 4 and 11 in the West Midlands

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