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1832 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST known death from cholera in the Manchester area occurred when James Palfrey died in Somerset Street, Dalesfield
1877….. the world's FIRST telephone exchange took its FIRST calls from only 6 subscribers. The exchange was developed by Edwin Holmes and by night it acted as a burglar alarm system
1890 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST weekly comic, Comic Cuts, was published in London by Alfred Harmsworth
1911 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST fare-paying passenger flight to a specific destination took place when J V Martin flew a passenger from Brooklands to Hendon
1912 ….. U.S.A ..... John Gahring, a farmer from Waterford, Pennsylvania, USA, was the FIRST to install petroleum gas for cooking
1922 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST radio transmission was made from Hale to Trafford Park
1993 ….. Rebecca Stephens became the FIRST British woman to scale Everest
1996 ….. AUSTRALIA ..... Bob Bellear, a Sydney lawyer, was sworn in as Australia's FIRST aboriginal judge. He had been studying law since the early 1970s
1997….. U.K ..... Tina Crimp became the FIRST woman and FIRST American to grace the playing fields of Penarth Cricket Club in Wales ..... and ..... ANTARCTICA ..... Caroline Hamilton, Zoe Hudson, Lucy Roberts and Pam Oliver became the FIRST British women to walk to the North Pole
2001 ….. U.K ..... Polly Vacher touched down at Birmingham Airport in a Piper Dakota and became the FIRST woman to fly single-handed around the world via Australia in such a small aircraft
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