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1773 ..... ANTARCTICA ..... Captain Cook’s ship Resolution became the FIRST to cross the Antarctic circle 

1896 ..... U.K ..... the Daimler Motor Company registered as the FIRST British car manufacturer in Coventry, England and the city has remained at the heart of the industry ever since 

1898 ..... U.K ..... the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, where the FIRST large-scale cinematograph display took place for 3 days when the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight for the championship of the world held in Carson City in March 1897 was shown on the Veriscope

1902 ..... U.K ..... the Times Literary Supplement was FIRST published and has appeared weekly since then. Because of its articles, reviews, correspondence and bibliography and its record of current literary publications, it became, and still is, an important English literary periodical 

1912 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST regional film column in a newspaper in Britain was in the Evening News. Around the Cinemas was written by W G Faulkner 

1940 ..... U.K ..... the River Thames, London, froze over for the FIRST time since 1880 as bitterly cold weather engulfed Europe

1983 ..... U.K ..... Britain's FIRST regular breakfast television service began when Breakfast Time, presented by Frank Bough and Selina Scott, hit the airwaves at 6.30 a.m. The show was broadcast live from the BBC's Lime Grove Studios

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