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1498 ….. INDIA ..... Vasco de Gama became the FIRST European to reach India by sea
1896 ….. U.K ..... a steam locomotive called Sea Lion and its three passenger coaches carried its FIRST passengers on the mile long 2' narrow gauge line to the sea lion pens set into the headland rocks at Groudie Glen on the Isle of Man. The official opening of the railway system was on 20th July of the same year and in 1996 the centenary was celebrated
1956 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST large-scale nuclear power station was opened at Calder Hall, England
1995 ….. U.K ..... Lisa Millet became the FIRST woman to play the MC in the musical Cabaret which was set in 1930s Berlin
1999 ….. U.K ..... for the FIRST time in Salford, England, the Catholic Church joined with the Anglican, Methodist, Independent Methodist and United Reform Churches for the Whit Walk procession through the streets of Swinton
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