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1877 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST lawn tennis championship staged by Wimbledon was at Worple Road
1922 ..... Johnny Weismuller became the FIRST swimmer to cover 100 metres in under 1 minute when he clocked 58.6 seconds
1925 ..... IRELAND ..... the FIRST woman member of a Stock Exchange, Oonagh Keogh of Foxrock, Eire, was admitted to the Dublin Stock Exchange
1960 ..... U.S.A ..... seven year old Roger Woodward was the FIRST person to go over Niagara Falls without a barrel when he fell into the river above the falls and was washed over
1969 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST rhinoceros were born in Ireland
1986 ..... CHINA ..... the FIRST Chinese language edition of Playboy magazine was published in Hong Kong. All 50,000 copies were sold on the FIRST day
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