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1868 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST parade to use floats occurred at Mardi Gras in New Orleans
1877 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST ever Rugby Union match took place between Lancashire (the winners) and Cheshire at Sale
1880 ..... U.K ..... the world’s FIRST submarine, designed in Moss Side, Manchester (England) set off from Rhyl in North Wales but unfortunately sank after a hatch was left open
1887 ..... EUROPE ..... the FIRST two cities to be linked by telephone were Paris and Brussels
1912 ..... FIRST photographic reconnaissance flight in warfare was during the Tripolitanian campaign
1920 ..... U.K ..... Nancy Astor became the FIRST woman to speak in the British Parliament
1938 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST nylon-based products, toothbrushes, went on sale in New Jersey, USA
1949 ..... SPACE ..... the FIRST rocket was sent into space when American scientists added a small rocket to the top of a captured German V-2 rocket and launched it from White Sands, New Mexico. The FIRST rocket with more than one stage was created and it reached a height of 400 km
1992 .....U.K ..... Jackie Brambles became the FIRST daytime woman disc-jockey on BBC Radio 1
1997 ..... U.K ..... Angela Walker and Peter Carson from Failsworth, Manchester, made history when they became the FIRST couple to take their wedding vows at the 230 year old Heaton Hall, Prestwich, Manchester. They were wed in the hall’s library