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1793 ..... Alexander Mackenzie became the FIRST European to cross Canada from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific
1894 ..... FRANCE ..... the FIRST motor race was held when 21 ‘horseless carriages’ chased each other from Paris to Rouen. ‘Break-neck’ speeds of 11mph were recorded
1933 ..... U.S.A ..... the one-eyed American aviator, Wiley Post, completed the FIRST round-the-world solo flight. He flew 15,596 miles in seven days in 18 hours and 49 1/2 minutes which lopped hours of the record he had previously set with a co-pilot in 1931. He wore a pressure suit for high-altitude flying. A one-time oil driller he had lost his eye in a drilling accident and had bought his first plane with the compensation money. He died in a plane crash in 1935 with Will Rogers
1939 ..... U.S.A ..... Jane M Bolin became the FIRST African-American woman to be appointed as a judge
1999 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show in the North of England was held at Tatton Park in Cheshire
2003 ..... AUSTRIA ..... surgeons in Vienna carried out the FIRST tongue transplant
2008 ..... U.K ..... Isabella Barwinska became the FIRST offender to pay damages after a crackdown on file sharers who illegally exchange games and films over the internet
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