1859 ..... FRANCE ..... Jules Leotard (the man who invented the leotard) gave the world’s FIRST flying trapeze display at the Cirque Napoléon in Paris. He was later immortalized as "That Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" by George Leybourne

1895 ..... FRANCE ..... the Automobile Club De Paris became Europe's FIRST motoring organization

1906 ..... FRANCE ..... the FIRST public aeroplane flight in Europe was when Alberto Santos-Dumont covered a distance of 220 m (711 feet) near Paris

1927 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST automatic telephone service started in London ..... and  ….. the FIRST Veteran Car Rally ran from London to Brighton 

1933 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST photograph of the ‘Loch Ness monster’ was taken by Mr Hugh Gray. He managed to take five pictures altogether but after processing, four of them were blank. The fifth was not confirmed as being Nessie 

1974 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST salmon since 1833 was caught in the River Thames. It was an 8lb 4 1/2 oz female and she was discovered entangled in the protective nets around West Thurrock power station It was regarded by Thames Water authority as a vindication of the £100m they had spent on effluent control. In 1979 the authorities re-introduced salmon into the Thames and in May of that year 2,000 baby salmon were released into the river at Kingston 

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