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1806 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST edible red strawberry, Keens Seedling by Michael Keen, went on sale at Isleworth, Middlesex 

1868 ..... the FIRST solo circumnavigation of the world was by Captain Joshua Slocum who left harbour on 24th April 1895 and arrived in Newport, Rhode Island on this day 3 years later 

1920 ..... U.K ..... the First RAF display was held at Hendon 

1928 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST television transmission in colour was at 133 Long Acre, London. The FIRST commercially available television set went on sale in the U.S. Made by the Daven Corporation it cost $75 

1959 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST radio broadcast of Sing Something Simple by Cliff Adams and the Adams Singers was heard 

1987 ..... the FIRST transatlantic crossing in a hot-air balloon was made by Richard Branson and Per  Lindstrand in Virgin Atlantic Flyer from Maine to Northern Ireland 

1995 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST women’s radio station in the UK, Viva on 963 am began broadcasting. The FIRST voice heard was that of a man talking about men and the FIRST music heard was Gotta Be by Des’ree

2005 ..... SPACE ..... for the FIRST time a NASA probe hit a comet in space when it was launched from the Deep Impact spacecraft into the path of Comet Tempel 1 which was hurtling through space at 23,000 mph

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