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1492 ..... Christopher Columbus FIRST discovered the Americas when he landed on San Salvador Island in the Bahamas during the FIRST of his 4 voyages to Central America
1907 ..... the FIRST air crossing of the North Sea was made by the hydrogen balloon Mammoth which was manned by the French aeronaut A F Gaudron and two others. They ascended from Crystal Palace, London and landed at Brackan on the shore of Lake Vanern in Sweden the following day
1928 ..... U.S.A ..... an “iron-lung” was used for the FIRST time on a young polio victim at Boston’s Children's Hospital in America
1948 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST Morris Minor car rolled off the assembly line at Cowley. It was designed by Alex Issigonis and the first ones cost £358.10s.7d
1986 ..... Queen Elizabeth 11 was the FIRST British monarch to visit China
1996 ..... a partial solar eclipse of the sun was shown for the FIRST time ever on the Internet and could be picked up by subscribers anywhere in the world
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