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1737 ….. U.S.A ..... the FIRST St Patrick's Day Parade was organised by the Society of the Charitable Irish of Boston where it took place

1908 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST part of the Children's Encyclopaedia, a new children's publication , appeared in bookshops in Britain. It was the brain-child of Arthur Mee who founded The Children's Newspaper and had the knack of passing on his own self-education to others 

1911 ….. Norway's FIRST woman Member of Parliament took her seat 

1921 ….. U.K ..... Dr Marie Stopes opened the FIRST Birth Control clinic in the UK, in London. Its aim was to give free consultations and cheap contraceptives, particularly the cervical cap, to poor women already overburdened with children. Unfortunately it faced bitter opposition from clergymen and doctors 

1934 ….. U.K ..... Henry Halls' Guest Night FIRST began on the BBC and ran for 23 years.  It was designed as just another dance band show with Henry Hall and his BBC boys bringing to the studio stars they had met while making a gramophone record. The shows began with " Good evening, everyone. This is Henry Hall speaking and tonight is my Guest Night". The closing tune was Here's to the next time 

1969 ….. ISRAEL ..... Golda Meir took office as the FIRST woman Prime Minister of Israel. She was 70 years old and had been elected on March 1st 

1971 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST nude appeared in The Times when Vivian Neves advertised Fison's Chemicals 

1996 ….. U.K ..... Warrington Male Voice Choir became the FIRST English choir ever to take part in a St. Patrick's Day service at Armagh Cathedral. The choir were part of the peace movement which had been developed at Warrington since the IRA bombings in 1993 

2001 ….. U.K ..... for the FIRST time ever the Queen of England sent a St. Patrick's Day message to the President of Ireland

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