Howard Carter flanked by assistants as they view the sarcophagus of Egyptian King Tutankhamen for the first time in thousands of years, Egypt. 3 January, 1924
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Otto Lilienthal becoming the first person to make a successful glider flight. 1894
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Queen Elizabeth II giving her first televised Christmas address. 1957
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The first photograph ever taken. It shows the view outside of a window in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France. 1842
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The first known photograph of a Presidential inauguration, taken in 1857 at the swearing in of James Buchanan.
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Glenn Burkes and Dusty Baker, of the LA Dodgers, perform what it believed to be the first high-five. 2 October, 1977
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Henry Ford poses on the first car he built, the Ford Quadricycle. 1896
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ENIAC, the worlds first computer. 1940
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The very first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. 1931
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Recipient of the worlds first human heart transplant, Louis Washkansky, in Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, three days after the surgery. 6 December 1967
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The first public showing of the bikini, Paris. 1946
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The first photo taken from space. A V2 rocket was launched straight up, with the film protected in a steel case. 1946
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Ruby Bridges becomes the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. She was followed everywhere by US Marshals because of threats on her life. 1960
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The first bananas arrive in Norway. 1905
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Construction of the worlds first Ferris wheel for the Chicago worlds fair. 1893
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Installing the first neon sign on the Las Vegas Strip. 1941
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The first riders of New York Citys first subway. 1904
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Hannah Stilley, born 1746, photographed in 1840. She is the earliest born individual captured on film.
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The first team photo in baseball history. 1858
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The earliest photo of Abraham Lincoln. 1840
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Minneapolis women lining up to vote for the first time in a presidential election. 1920
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The Wright brothers first flight. The photo was taken so that people would believe them. 1903
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Sally Halterman, the first woman granted a license to operate a motorcycle in Washington, D.C. 1937
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The first photo of The Beatles with Ringo Starr as the drummer. August 22, 1962
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The first and only picture taken from the surface of Venus. 1982
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The worlds first underwater photo. 1893
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Madam C.J. Walker. The first woman in America to become a millionaire by her own endeavors.
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The first wheelie ever photographed. 1936
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The first McDonalds restaurant in San Bernardino. 1948
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Photographs of the first modern Olympic Games, Athens. 1896
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Jim Henson creating his first Kermit puppet. 1950s
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Bertha Benz, with the help of her two sons, became the first person to drive an automobile over a long distance 66 miles. 5 August, 1888
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Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to survive going over the Niagara Falls in a barrel on her 63rd birthday. 1901
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Sputnik 1, the first satellite, being launched into orbit by the Soviet Union. 1957
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The first public Jewish religious service in Germany since the advent of Hitler held by American troops during the battle of Aachen. 1944
