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1825 ..... U.K ..... the world’s FIRST public passenger service, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, was inaugurated when George Stephenson drove his own locomotive on the opening run 

1827 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST Heaton Park race meeting was held in Manchester  when commoners rubbed shoulders with aristocracy as they teemed out of the Manchester slums in their thousands. The following year the Earl of Wilton restricted entrance to carriages but the commoners turned up in force again, riding in every sort of gig that could be found 

1829 ..... TURKEY/IRAN border ..... Mount Ararat, the supposed resting place of Noah’s Ark, was climbed for the FIRST time  

1888 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST vessel to enter Milford Docks was the S.T.Sybil and her catch, sent to London, laid the foundation of the Milford Haven Fishing Industry 

1909 ..... U.K ..... Mrs Capper became the FIRST British woman aeroplane passenger  in Britain 

1922 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST 3-D feature film Power of Love was premiered at the Ambassador Hotel Theater, L.A. It starred Terry O’Neil and Barbara Bedford 

1930 ..... U.S.A ..... American Bobby Jones won the US National Amateur Championships to complete the FIRST golfing grand slam 

1947 ..... U.K ..... Up The Pole starring Jimmy Jewel and Ben Wariss was FIRST heard on the radio

1960 ..... U.K ..... Bank Underground Station in London opened the FIRST travelator (moving pavement) in Europe 

1978 ..... U.K ..... scientists announced the FIRST successful breeding of sturgeon in laboratory tanks 

1979 ..... U.K ..... BBC’s Question Time was broadcast for the FIRST time and Robin Day was in the chair 

2008 ..... SPACE ..... the FIRST Chinese space walk took place  under the leadership of Colonel Zhai Zhizang

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