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1885 ..... U.S.A ..... the world’s FIRST petrol pump was manufactured at Fort Wayne, Indiana by Sylvanus F Bowser 

1916 ..... U.K ..... Captain William Leefe Robinson was awarded the FIRST Victoria Cross after becoming to FIRST British pilot to shoot down a Zeppelin. He was also one of the few V.Cs to have a pub named after him

1927 ..... U.K ..... Kathleen Thomas became the FIRST person to swim the Bristol Channel - Penarth, South Glamorgan to Weston-Super-Mare, Avon. Her time was 7 hrs 20 mins 

1945 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST public report to mention the effects of radiation and nuclear fallout appeared in the Daily Express after the atom bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima

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