Tag: 1st in the World
Who was the first woman pilot? Who was the first woman to fly combat missions? The first WOMAN PILOT was Mlle Elise Deroche, better known by her self-assumed title, …
Who was the First Woman Photographer? The first WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER was the Parisian daguerreotypist Antoinette de Correvont, who opened a portrait studio at Munich in 1843. In Britain it …
Who was the First Woman Novelist? The first WOMAN NOVELIST in Britain was Mrs Aphra Behn whose first published works of fiction, The Unfortunate Bride, The Dumb Virgin, The …
Who was the first woman editor of a national newspaper? The first WOMAN EDITOR of a National Newspaper was Rachel Beer, aunt of World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon, …
Who designed the water closet? The first WATER CLOSET was designed by the Elizabethan poet Sir John Harington and installed at his country seat, Kelston, near Bath, in 1589, …
When was the first quartz wrist watches manufactured? The first QUARTZ WRIST WATCHES were announced in December 1967 by Switzerland’s Horological Electronic Centre on behalf of the 31 Swiss …
When was the electronic wrist watch introduced? The first ELECTRONIC WRIST WATCH was the Bulova Accutron tuning-fork watch, introduced in the USA on 25 October 1960. The tuning fork …
Mention the earliest record that refers to a watch? In a letter dated 1462 the earliest watch is referred to by Italian clock maker Bartholonew Manfrede. Further references are: …
Who Built the First Video Game? First VIDEO GAME The first VIDEO GAME was built in 19`8 by physicist Willy Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, Long Island. It …
Who organized old Cars Competition? First VETERAN MOTORING The first VETERAN MOTORING as an organized activity stemmed from a letter written by H.E. Rendall to an English motor cycling …
