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1888 ..... RUSSIA ..... the FIRST official car show in Russia was held
1919 ..... U.K ..... Save the Children charity was FIRST begun by Eglantyne Jebb
1940 ….. U.K ..... Winston Churchill made his FIRST broadcast as Prime Minister and called Nazism " the foulest and most soul-destroying tyranny that has ever darkened and stained the pages of history
1950 ….. U.K ..... Life with the Lyons, possibly the most successful sitcom of all time, FIRST began and ran until May 19th 1961. Every episode began with “I’m Richard Lyon, I’m Barbara Lyon, I’m Ben Lyon, and I’m Bebe Daniels Lyon!” as the famous film stars and their children introduced themselves. The rest of the team were pure fiction
1992 ….. U.K ..... Jennifer Ainsworth became the FIRST woman president of the Institute of Taxation
2005 ….. the FIRST national domestic website for children, The Hideout, was launched. The project was developed by the domestic violence charity Women's Aid and will help children to spot if domestic violence is taking place in their own home and offers advice
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