22nd
1830
..... U.K ..... container transport was FIRST introduced by Pickfords, the carriers, in an agreement with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway company 1928 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST £1 and 10/- notes were circulated in Britain 1935 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST scheduled air mail flight across the Pacific was flown from San Francisco to Manila in the Philippines ..... and ..... U.K ..... the FIRST all-night buses ran from Trafford Park and Salford to Manchester ‘for the convenience of the working classes’ 1946 ..... the FIRST ballpoint pen, invented by the Hungarian Laslo Biro, went on sale
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