1860 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST professional golf tournament held at Prestwick in Scotland was won by Willie Park 

1902 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST Cadillac car was made in Detroit and sold in Buffalo, New York State 

1926 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST successful model agency in America was formed by John Powers and it soon became famous for its ‘long-stemmed beauties’ who included Ava Gardner and Barbara Stanwyck. John Powers also broke new ground by using men as models with Henry Fonda and Tyrone Power  among the first 

1937 ….. Quaker Quarter Hour was the FIRST amateur talent series and began on this day. It offered large cash prizes and listeners sent in postal votes to give the Crawford Brothers the first winners 

1956 ..... U.K ..... Britain’s FIRST large scale atomic energy station, Calder Hall in Cumbria, was opened by Queen Elizabeth 11 

1968 ..... U.K ..... Judith Hart  became the FIRST woman Paymaster General 

1972 ..... U.K ..... Queen Elizabeth 11 became the FIRST British monarch to visit a communist state when she arrived on a state visit to Yugoslavia 

1980 ..... U.K ..... Queen Elizabeth 11 was the FIRST British monarch to visit the Pope at the Vatican 

1994 ..... U.K ..... Queen Elizabeth 11 became the FIRST British monarch to visit Russia