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1801 ….. U.K ..... Britain's FIRST national census was carried out 

1876 ….. U.S.A ..... "Come here, Mr Watson , I want you" were the FIRST intelligible words to be spoken into a telephone when Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant Thomas Watson. He was in the next room to Bell at 5 Exeter Place, Boston, Massachusetts. Mr Watson could not reply as the telephone only worked one way 

1886 ….. U.K .....  the FIRST Crufts Dog Show was held at the Old Royal Aquarium, London. Entries were limited to terriers. The show was the idea of Charles Cruft who believed that encouraging the breeding of pedigree dogs would lead to an increase in the sale of dog food of which he was a sales representative working for Spratt's 

1910 ….. U.S.A ..... the FIRST Hollywood film to be released was D W.Griffith's In Old California which told the story of a Spanish girl's affair with a future governor of California 

1956 ….. U.S.A ..... High Tor, the FIRST full-length made-for-television movie was networked coast to coast in America.  It starred Bing Crosby and featured Julie Andrews in her American screen debut