1871 ..... NEW ZEALAND ..... the FIRST girls school opened when the Otago Girls High School was established by Learmonth White Dalrymple

1901 ..... FRANCE ..... the FIRST public telephone at a railway station was in Paris 

1911 ..... U.K ..... the Spirit of Ecstasy was FIRST formed when Eleanor Thornton, Secretary of the third Lord Montagu of Beaulie was immortalised as the famous Rolls Royce mascot. The model for the statuette by Charles Sykes was FIRST cast in bronze and was destined to ‘travel in the freshness of air’ from then on 

1914 ..... TURKEY ..... the Turkish government decided to admit women to universities for the FIRST time 

1923 ..... U.K .....  the Garner Schofield Dance orchestra was the FIRST orchestra to broadcast live from Metro-Vickers experimental studio in Trafford Park, Manchester. These experimental stations were later taken over by the BBC 

1995 ….. U.K ..... Lesley MacDonagh was the FIRST woman to be elected as Managing Partner of Lovell White Durrant Solicitors

1998 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST ever exhibition of punk music opened in London

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