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1813
..... U.S.A ..... the nickname 'Uncle Sam' as a symbolic reference to America was FIRST used in an editorial in New York's Troy Post1876 ..... U.K ..... Alexander Graham Bell's telephone was FIRST demonstrated in Britain before the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Glasgow
1892
..... U.S.A ..... the FIRST world heavyweight title fight with gloves and 3 minute rounds was between John Lawrence Sullivan and ‘Gentleman’ James John Corbett in New Orleans, Louisiana. Corbett won in 21 rounds1895
..... the FIRST Rugby League match was played under the Northern Union rules1896
..... U.S.A ..... the world’s FIRST car race on a track was run at Cranston, Rhode Island, USA. A H Whiting was the winner at a speed of 24 mph1904
….. the FIRST cinema was established in Denmark - the Kosmorama in Copenhagen1910
..... FRANCE ..... the FIRST pure sample of radium was isolated by Marie Curie when, with a colleague, an amalgam of radium and mercury was produced. When the mercury was distilled off a tiny quantity of pure radium was left1921
..... U.S.A ..... the world’s FIRST commercial bathing beauty contest was held in New Jersey. Winner of the coveted Miss America title was 15 year old Margaret Gorman Cahill who was only 5’ 1” and had a 30” bust measurement. She remains the youngest, slightest and shortest contestant ever to have won the title. She died in October 19951986
..... Desmond Tutu was appointed Archbishop of Capetown, the FIRST black person to lead the South African Anglican Church
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