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1848 ….. U.S.A ..... Margaretta and Kate Fox, aged 14 and 11 respectively, claimed to have made the FIRST direct communication with the spirit world. In 1850 the sisters were placed under contract to the American showman Phineas T Barnum and became the FIRST professional mediums giving both public and private séances
1901 ….. GERMANY ..... the FIRST Mercedes car was built. It was for an Austrian diplomat Emile Jellinek, Consul General of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Nice. The car was so-named after his daughter Mercedes and its top speed was 53 mph
1904 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST Royce car was driven out of the factory. Charles Rolls was so impressed with it that he contracted to sell all future Royce cars. In 1906 the firm of Rolls-Royce was firmly established
1912 ..... the FIRST casualty in aerial warfare was a Captain Montu who was wounded while dropping bombs over Tobruk from the observer's seat
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