11th
1088 ..... the FIRST recorded example of a ticking clock was on this day
1859 ..... U.K ..... the chimes of the Great Bell (Big Ben)in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament were heard for the FIRST time. Big Ben is the world's largest four-faced chiming clock
1877 ..... NEW ZEALAND ..... Kate Edger became the FIRST woman to graduate from the University of New Zealand
1884 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST Test Match was played at Old Trafford, Manchester - England v Australia
1903 ..... U.K ..... the world’s FIRST power boat race took place in Ireland. It was sponsored by the Royal Cork Yacht club
1949 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST film made specially for British television - A Dinner Date with Death - was shot at Marylebone Studios between July 11th and July 14th
1950 ..... U.K ..... Andy Pandy was FIRST seen on television. The BBC had decided to run four programmes to see how the show went. Twenty five years later Andy Pandy said good-bye. A 1984 survey showed that for the 16-24 age group the earliest memory of television was almost always Andy Pandy
1962 ..... Fred Baldasare, a US frogman, became the FIRST person to swim the English Channel underwater
1975 ..... CHINA ..... the guardians of the tomb of the FIRST Emperor of China were unearthed at the ancient capital of Xian. The Terracotta Army consisted of more than 6000 life sized warriors made around 206 BC
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