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1911..... AUSTRALIA ..... the FIRST cinema to present a double bill of feature films was the Glacarium, Melbourne, Australia. The films shown were The Lost Chord and The Fall of Troy
1928 ..... AUSTRALIA ..... the FIRST flying doctor service took to the air in Queensland, Australia. It was the brainchild of the Rev John Flynn of the Australian Inland Mission , later known as 'Flynn of the Inland'. The FIRST flying doctor was Dr K St Vincent Welsh who, with the Rev Flynn, provided remote homes with radio transmitters. In the first year alone they managed to treat 225 patients over a 600 mile radius
1929 ..... SPAIN ..... England lost their FIRST soccer international outside the British Isles when they lost 4-3 to Spain in Madrid
1930 ..... U.S.A ..... Miss Ellen Church opened up the skies for women when she made the inaugural flight to Cheyenne as the world's FIRST air hostess
1940 ..... U.S.A ..... nylon stockings went on sale in America for the FIRST time and 72,000 pairs were sold on this first day
1941 ..... U.K ..... Britain's FIRST jet-propelled aircraft, the Gloster-Whittle E28/39 flew for the FIRST time
1957 ..... the FIRST British H-bomb was exploded near Christmas Island in the Central Pacific
1958 ..... SPACE ..... Sputnik 111, the FIRST space laboratory, was launched in the USSR
1963 ..... Tottenham became the FIRST British winners of a European soccer trophy when they defeated Atletico Madrid 5-1 in Rotterdam
1970 ..... U.S.A ..... Ann Hays and Elizabeth Hoisington became the FIRST women generals in the US Army
1979 ..... the FIRST 'Dear Bill' letter appeared in Private Eye straight after the election and immediately established Denis as the put-upon-husband, Denis being Denis Thatcher
1996 ..... U.S.A ..... Anthony Hopkins became the FIRST foreign actor to win the Spencer Tracy Award for excellence on stage and screen
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