1833 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST load of guano was imported from Peru to Bristol. Guano is a rich deposit of bird and bat droppings which build up in caves or on rocks and was used as a fertiliser

1901 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST billion $ deal was made by J Pierpoint Morgan 

1922 ..... U.K ..... the Readers Digest was FIRST issued. Its aim was to “inform, entertain, inspire and guide people in their daily lives” 

1924 ..... U.K ..... the BBC pips were heard for the FIRST time when the GMT time signal and its preceding 5 pips were broadcast at 9.30 pm 

1958 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST coin-in-the-slot parking meters arrived in Mayfair, London although they had been introduced in America as long ago as 1935

1962 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST casualty of a new dance craze, the Twist, was a naval rating called Tony Greenslade 

1971 ..... SPACE ..... Alan Shepard became the FIRST man to hit a golf ball on the moon

1989 ..... U.K ..... Sky Television was FIRST launched  

1996 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST mid-week lottery in Britain took place and three people shared a jackpot of approximately  £10m 

2001 ….. U.K ..... at 1.10 p.m a Dubai-bound 285-seat Airbus owned by Emirates, was the FIRST plane to take off from the new second runway at Manchester Airport. The company had bid and won a charity auction with an offer of £23,000 to secure the maiden flight

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