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1804 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST ever steam locomotive to haul a load on rails was invented by Richard Trevithck   from Bernadette Pritchard)

1858 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST electric burglar alarm was installed by Edwin T Holmes of Boston, Massachusetts 

1866 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST woman dental surgeon, Lucy B Hobbs, graduated from the Ohio college of Dental Surgery, Cincinnati, with a DDS degree

1947 ..... U.S.A ..... A Woman to Remember, the FIRST television soap opera, began in America 

1972 ..... CHINA ..... Richard Nixon became the FIRST US President to visit China 

2000 ….. U.K ..... for the FIRST time a caesarean birth of triplets captured by television cameras, was shown. The mother was Kirsten Poulter and the children were William Alexander 5lb 5oz , Matthew Thomas 5lb 50z and Joshua James 5lb 9oz..... and ..… a practising solicitor was appointed to the High Court Bench for the FIRST time when Lawrence Collins, QC, was assigned to the Chancery Division.  He was also one of the FIRST two practising solicitors to become a QC in 1997

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