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1895 ..... U.S.A ..... Dr Crawford Long of Jefferson used the FIRST anaesthetic for a surgical operation when he removed a cyst from the neck of James Venable ..... and ..... U.K ..... the FIRST British sports film and the FIRST anywhere in the world of a regularly scheduled sporting contest was of the Oxford-Cambridge boat race. The film was taken by Birt Acres 

1929 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST commercial air route between London and Karachi was inaugurated by Imperial Airways 

1949 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST ever Divorce Court was held in Salford, Manchester 

1997 ..... ITALY ..... Songs of Praise on BBC television screened its FIRST ever broadcast from Rome, with a special message from the Pope. The programme came from the beautiful setting of the Basilica of St Mary Major on Easter Sunday

1998 ..... U.S.A ..... Judy Buenoano became the FIRST woman to be executed in Florida in 150 years

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