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1839 ..... U.K ..... George Bradshaw printed the FIRST Bradshaw railway timetable in Barclay Place, Regent Road, Salford. A year later he produced his first Railway Companion which became the bible of the seasoned Victorian traveller 

1928 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST all-talking film The Terror by Edgar Wallace was shown in London 

1961 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST edition of Private Eye was published with £450 capital put up by Andrew Osmond, the FIRST Lord Gnome (financier). By the summer of 1962 the circulation was 18,000 but as he was running out of money he sold some of his shares

1983 ..... U.K ..... West Ham became the FIRST team to score 10 goals in a match in the League Cup beating Bury 10-0 in their 2nd round 2nd leg encounter

2007 ..... the Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane completed it's FIRST commercial flight when it flew from Singapore to Sydney with 455 passengers on board

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