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522 ..... SPAIN ..... Sebastian del Cano and his remaining crew of seventeen became the FIRST people to circumnavigate the globe when they returned to Spain after leaving on September 20th 1519 under the leadership of Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese navigator1852
..... U.K ..... the FIRST free public lending library in Britain opened in Campfield, Manchester after an Act of Parliament in 1850 to bring it into existence. Twenty three years later there were so many books on the shelves that the building began to give way under the weight and the upper floor was cleared to help prevent a disaster. In 1877 it was condemned as dangerous and the reference library moved to the old town hall in King Street and a new lending library was set up in Deansgate, Manchester1879
..... U.K ..... the FIRST British telephone exchange opened in Lombard St, London1880
..... U.K ..... the FIRST Test match was played in England. Australia was beaten by England by 5 wickets at The Oval and W.G.Grace scored the FIRST Test century in England1887 ..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST students entered the University of Wyoming in Laramie which was established by Governor Francis E Warren. The university only had one building, half a dozen lecturers and the only courses available were philosophy, literature and science
1912 ..... FRANCE ..... Jeanne Pallier received French pilot's licence number 1012 and on that day was probably the FIRST woman pilot to fly over Paris in a Nieuport-Astra
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..... U.K ..... the FIRST woman to fly across the Atlantic alone - East to West - was 33 year old Beryl Markham1948
..... U.K ..... the FIRST British aircraft to attain Mach 1 in a dive was the de Havilland D.H.108 tail-less research aircraft piloted by John Derry1988
..... the Australian government appointed the FIRST two women from any country to take charge of permanent bases in the Antarctic. They led the Mawson and Macquarie Island Antarctic stations1996
..... U.K ..... Britain’s FIRST sewage-fuelled electric turbine was opened at the foot of a 130ft shaft and will be used to supply half the power needed to run Northumbrian Water’s treatment works at Dawdon, Co. Durham
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