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1816
..... U.K ..... the FIRST big radical demonstration was held in London at Spa Fields after the Napoleonic wars to demand reforms. A second one was also held on this day and both meetings were addressed by Henry Hunt 1837 ..... U.K ..... Isaac Pitman FIRST published his stenographic sound-hand, the FIRST shorthand system, at a price of 4d1922 ..... U.K ..... Children's Hour was FIRST broadcast on the radio, establishing a tradition of drama and story-telling and building up a devoted audience. With its "aunts" and "uncles" it held an audience of over 3m at its peak and listeners everywhere waited for Uncle Mac to say "Goodnight children, everywhere" before going off to bed. The coming of television proved the death blow for it and despite question in the House of Commons it was finally axed in 1964
1930 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST performance of films by the Salford Workers Film Society was at the Princes Cinema, Liverpool Street, Salford with 5 short films being shown. One of them was a comedy featuring Laurel and Hardy called The Music Blasters 1941 ..... U.K ..... Britain’s FIRST female speed cops took to the roads in Northallerton, Yorkshire. Seventeen policewomen patrolled the A1 - the Ministry of Transports classification for the London/Edinburgh road 1956 ..... U.S.A ..... Elvis Presley’s FIRST film Love Me Tender was premiered in New York 1969 ..... U.K ..... the ITV channel ATV screened the FIRST colour television commercial in Britain - Bird’s Eye Peas ..... and ..... the BBC broadcast the FIRST colour soccer match - West Ham v Liverpool at Anfield in Match of the Day 1983 ..... U.K ..... the Greenham Common women’s group began their FIRST protest against cruise missiles at the U.S. Air base in Berkshire 1987 ..... the Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide formed a round of the world motor racing championship for the FIRST time 1999 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST ever "bus summit" was held in London 2000 ….. U.K ..... Lorna Fitzsimons became the FIRST MP to pass the Institute of Advanced Motorists Driving Test
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