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1854 ….. U.S.A ..... the safety elevator was FIRST demonstrated in New York by Elisha Otis. His invention was adopted and within a few years the FIRST passenger lift was in operation in a 5-storey Broadway china shop

 

1905 ….. FRANCE ..... the FIRST flight of a motorised aeroplane in Europe (France)

 

1907….. FINLAND ..... the world's FIRST Parliament with women members was opened in Finland

 

1930 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST hippopotamus arrived in Britain

 

1973 ….. SPACE ..... the FIRST Skylab was launched by a Saturn rocket. For 28 days a three man crew established orbit and conducted medical and other experiments

 

2007 ….. U.K ..... FIRST ever Manchester Midnight Walk took place to raise money for St Ann's Hospice in Little Hulton, Salford

 

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