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1614 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST tobacco shipment arrived in Britain 

1873 ….. U.K ..... the Insurance Institute of Manchester was born, the FIRST insurance institute in the world. In 1872 a chance remark at a retirement dinner for the local manager of the Royal Insurance company instigated a move to set up a friendly association of local insurance managers 

1885 ….. U.K ..... Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Mikado' was performed for the FIRST time. The venue was the Savoy Theatre in London 

1891 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST telephone cable along the English Channel bed was laid by the submarine, Monarch 

1925 ….. the FIRST transatlantic broadcast was made 

1930 ….. U.S.A ..... Greta Garbo spoke on film for the FIRST time when she said "Gimme a visky" in the film Anna Christie when it was given its American premiere 

1947 ….. U.K ..... Twenty Questions FIRST began and ran until July 28th 1976. The popular game show was based on 'Animal, Vegetable of Mineral' and Stewart MacPherson was the FIRST chairman. The show also starred Jack Train, Anona Winn and Olga Collett

1950 ..... U.S.A ..... the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List officially started and the FIRST name on it was that of Thomas James Holden who had crossed the state lines to avoid prosecution for a 1949 triple murder in Chicago

1994 ….. U.K ..... Cathrin Petty became the FIRST woman to be invited by Cambridge University's Rugby Blues to organise their Varsity Ball 

1995 ….. PALESTINE ..... John Major was the FIRST British Prime Minister to meet Yasser Arafat on Palestinian soil ..... and ..... U.K ..... Jenny Lyons, Paula Setchfield, Tracie Daly, Samantha Standing, Heather Payne and Caroline Cox became the FIRST all-woman crew in the world when they were cleared for take-off with British Airways at Manchester Airport on a flight to Aberdeen.

2004 ..... U.K ..... for the FIRST time an Irish Prime Minister walked in a parade anywhere in the world when P M Bernie Ahearn joined a parade in Manchester, England, to celebrate St Patrick's Day