23rd

4004 BC  ..... according to 17th century Archbishop James Usher the world was FIRST created at precisely 9 am on this day.  The date itself sees a number of tragedies throughout the centuries - in 42BC Mark Antony crushed Caesar's assassins, Cassius and Brutus, at the Battle of Philippi : the Royalists defeated the Roundheads in the Civil War Battle of Edgehill in 1642 : the Battle of Caporetto began in 1917 and 25 years later Montgomery launched his vital offensive against Rommel at El Alamein.   In 1956 the Hungarian uprising began on this day 

1260  ….. U.K ..... St. Winifred's Day - in Stockport (England) the market FIRST began when a Charter was granted by Prince Edward, Earl of Chester, to allow markets on Thursdays. This was later changed to Fridays 

1911 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST Ford motor car was produced in Trafford Park, Manchester, England. This was the FIRST production site outside America and in its first year of operation the Trafford Park factory turned out 3000 vehicles. It closed in October 1931 ..... and ..... the FIRST aerial operation carried out by an aeroplane in warfare was a reconnaissance flight made by Capt Piazza who flew over the Turkish encampment at Azizia

1934 ..... U.S.A ..... Jeanette Ridlon Piccard became the FIRST woman in the stratosphere when she rose to 57,579 feet during an altitude research flight from Dearborn, Michigan to Cadiz, Ohio  ( from Dave Lam)

1956  ..... FIRST video recording on magnetic tape

1980 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST recorded one-man show in which the 1 man comprised the audience occurred at the Oldham Grange Arts Centre, Lancashire when Ronald Bradbury made theatrical history by sitting through “Oh! Mistress Mine” completely alone

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