1693 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST women's magazine “Lady’s Mercury” was published

1890 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST world boxing title bout under Queensberry Rules was held in England .George Nixon beat Nunc Wallace at London’s Pelican Club

1896 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST news film shot in Britain was by Birt Acres and was of the Prince and Princess of Wales at the Cardiff Exhibition

1900 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST 'tupenny tube' was between Shepherd's Bush and Bank on the Central Line in London

1906 ..... FRANCE ..... the FIRST circuit motor race was held at Le Mans and was won by the Hungarian, Terenc Szisz in a Renault

1954 ..... RUSSIA ..... the FIRST nuclear power station was at Obinsk, Russian Federation, which began generating power on this day

1967..... U.K ..... Reg Varney, star of the sitcom On The Buses, was the FIRST person to use the FIRST De La Rue Automatic Cash system fitted outside a Barclays Bank branch in Enfield near London. The machine was invented by John Shepherd-Barron, managing director of De La Ruse Instruments

1971..... U.K ..... the winner of the FIRST National Scrabble competition was Stephen Haskell

1988 ..... Dave Hurst and Alan Matthews became the FIRST blind mountaineers to scale Mont Blanc  

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