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1788 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST daily evening newspaper, the Star and Evening Advertiser, was published in London
1808 ….. FRANCE ..... the FIRST duel fought from two hot air balloons took place over Paris
1903 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST electric train ran through the Mersey Railway tunnel between Liverpool and Birkenhead
1926 ….. U.K ..... Britain’s FIRST General Strike was in support of the miners. It ended on May 12th
1933 ….. U.S.A ..... Nellie Taylor Ross was appointed the FIRST female director of the U.S Mint
1952 ….. U.K ..... Newcastle United became the FIRST team since 1891 to win 2 English FA Cup Finals in succession
1956 ….. U.K ..... Granada TV broadcast for the FIRST time at 7.30 pm with the announcement “From the North, this is Granada, on Channel 9. Tonight the North has a new television service, created by the devotion and hard work of thousands of northerners”. Viewers saw television advertising for the FIRST time and four days later Granada did the FIRST sports outside broadcast. The following month their FIRST networked show Spot The Tune was seen
1979 …..U.K ..... Margaret Thatcher became the FIRST woman Prime Minister of Britain
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