1911 ..... the airship Beta sent the FIRST wireless message from the air 

1923 .....GERMANY ..... the FIRST rally of the Nationalist Socialist Party led by Adolf Hitler was held in Munich 

1967 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST American astronauts to die on duty were Lt Col Virgil Grissom, Lt Col Ed White and Lt Commander Roger Chaffe. They were burned alive when fire swept through the £11m space capsule Sun God within 16 seconds as they lay in their cabin on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy. The fire was caused when an electrical fault ignited the pure oxygen inside the pressurised chamber 

1993 ….. U.K ..... Veronica Bland became the FIRST passive worker in the UK to win compensation for damage to her health at work when she agreed to a settlement of £15,000 from Stockport Council in a personal injury claim. Through her colleagues at work smoking she developed chronic bronchitis and it was believed that the payout would force tens of thousands of firms to change their smoking policy

2001 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST Holocaust Memorial Day was held in Britain, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

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