1834 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST "Women's Page" in any trade union journal was issued in the magazine, The Pioneer 

1910 ….. FRANCE ..... Baroness de LaRoche of France became the FIRST woman to receive a pilot's licence ..... and ..… U.K ..... John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon was granted the Royal Aero Club's FIRST certificate for pilots 

1911 ….. International Women's Day was celebrated for the FIRST time by Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and Austria. A month earlier it had been celebrated in the U.S.A. In 1913 the FIRST Women's Day Rally was held in London 

1937 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST daily show for children to be presented on commercial radio was Kiddies Quarter Hour which opened on Radio Lyons.  The series was sponsored by Post Toasties Corn Flakes and the compere Christopher Stone, the BBC's FIRST regular disc-jockey , pretended to be Uncle Chris.  The show moved to Radio Normandy later in the year and changed its title to Post Toasties Radio Corner 

1961 ….. U.S.A ..... the FIRST American nuclear powered submarines carrying Polaris missiles arrived at Holy Loch 

1988 ….. U.K ..... Carol and Sarah Hunt, two teachers aged 25 from Ripley, Derbyshire, became the FIRST twins to swim the English Channel together. Time taken was 9 hours 28 minutes 

1995 ….. U.K ..... for the FIRST time in its 179 year history The Scotsman newspaper became The Scotswoman in celebration of International Women's Day. The women on the newspaper took control 

2000 ….. U.K ..... Manchester United became the world's FIRST billion pound club when shares rose to 393.5p after the club had beaten Bordeaux to try to retain it's European Champions League title

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