25th

1555 ..... FRANCE ..... Nostradamus published his FIRST three centuries and was summoned to Paris by Henry 11 and Queen Catherine to explain a quatrain depicting the death of the King

1890 ..... Nellie Bly neé Elizabeth Cochrane became the FIRST person to complete an around-the-world trip in a time of 72 days 6 hours and 11 minutes

1921 ..... U.K ..... six women were sworn in as the FIRST female jurors ever to sit on a Divorce Court jury. None of them took advantage of the clause which could grant exemption because of the nature of some evidence 

1924 ..... FRANCE ..... the FIRST Winter Olympics were held at Chamonix

1944 ..... the FIRST Anglican woman Minister was the Rev Florence Tim-Oi Lee of Macao who was ordained priest of the Diocese of Hong Kong and South China as an emergency measure during war

1945 ….. U.S A ..... the world's FIRST fluoridated water supply came on stream at Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA 

1972 ..... U.K ..... the world’s FIRST kidney and pancreatic tissue transplant took place in London 

1988 ..... U.S.A ..... Catherine A Costa was nominated by Senate President John F Russo and elected by her colleagues as Senate Assistant Majority Leader which made her the FIRST woman ever to hold this post in the New Jersey Senate on its 113-year history

Back to top of page ** Next ** Previous