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1852 ..... FRANCE ..... the Societe Aerostatique de France, the FIRST such organisation (aeronautical) was established 

1895..... U.K ..... the FIRST performance of King Arthur took place at the Lyceum Theatre in London

1896 ..... U.S.A ..... at Davidson College the FIRST X-Ray photograph in America was made by Dr Henry Louis Smith and students who fired a bullet into a corpse and then took a 15 minute exposure which revealed the actual location of the bullet

1932 ..... U.S.A ..... Hattie Wyatt Caraway became the FIRST woman to be elected to the U.S Senate

1940 ..... U.K ..... it was announced that the FIRST British soldier to receive a decoration for bravery in the field was Salford born Lance Corporal Herbert Davis of the Royal Norfolk Regiment who was awarded the Military Medal by Lord Gort. Captain F P Barclay received the Military Cross 

1948 ..... U.K ..... the London Co-op opened the FIRST supermarket in Britain at Manor Park 

1954 ..... NEW ZEALAND ..... Queen Elizabeth 11 was the FIRST reigning monarch to open the New Zealand parliament 

1960 ..... U.S A ..... the FIRST feature film ‘smellie’ Scent of Mystery was premiered at the Cinestage, Chicago. Scents were piped to each individual cinema seat on cue from the ‘smell’ track of the film 

1963 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST no.1 hit of the Beatles “Please, Please Me” was released 

1965 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST tailor-made casino in Great Britain, the Albion Casino, opened on a site in front of the Albion Greyhound Track in Salford, Manchester at a cost of £40,000 

1995 ..... U.K ..... Rebecca Beer, Katie Lewis and Claire Buckley became the FIRST girls to join the main choir at Manchester Cathedral in a history that goes back to the 15th century

2000 …. U.K ..... for the FIRST time two nominees were given the Mancunian of the Year award as the judges were unable to choose between police band conductor  Capt. Maurice Hennis and community volunteer John Newsome

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