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First pop-up toaster invented

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First play performed in USA

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First pillar boxes installed in London

A pillar in honor of Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel Prize, located on the grounds of the Museum of Natural History.

First Nobel Prizes are awarded

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First model T Ford goes on sale

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First news report of cricket match between US and UK

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First iPad Released

de Havilland Comet Airliner 1XB at the RAF Museum

First jet airliner makes its maiden flight

Cute little children playing with frisbee outdoors on sunny day

First frisbees produced

A man's holding first generation iPhone

First generation iPhone goes on sale in US

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First French Grand Prix held in Le Mans

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First ever episode of The Goon Show

A police officer holds a roadside breathalyser alcohol breath test after taking a sample from a driver.

First drunk driving arrest is made in London

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First episode of Countryfile aired

Sign outside Lord's Cricket Ground saying 'Welcome to the Home of Cricket'

First Cricket World Cup begins

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First contact with Extra Terrestrials

Original movie film projector

First commercial movie screened

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First Concorde Flight Takes Off

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First cash machine installed in UK

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First Big Bang Theory Published

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First animated movie recorded

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First balloon flight over Paris

Five men in suits holding Oscar statues

First Academy Awards ceremony held

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First Allied jet flies

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Filming began on Steven Spielberg’s Jaws

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First 3D TV programme aired

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Fiji stop recognising the Queen's official birthday

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Falco's Rock Me Amadeus is number 1 in UK singles chart

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Every Dude Has Its Day

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Extremists assassinate Anwar Sadat in Cairo

Ethiopian flag patch on a soldier's shoulder

Ethiopia stands alone as Italy invades

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Every Child On Earth Has Had a Small Plastic Hotel Stuck Up Their Nose

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Entire French football team suspended

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Eric Cantona's birthday

Protesters hold up an effigy of Enron's Kenneth Lay

Enron files for bankruptcy

Former US Embassy in Tehran

End of Iran hostage crisis