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| In 1565 Spain imports the first potatoes from America. |
| The first beer cans were produced in 1935. |
| The Chinese made the first wheelbarrow |
| The first steam powered train was invented by Robert Stephenson. It was called the Rocket. |
| The first pick-up truck in the world was made by Gottlieb Daimler in 1886. Gottlieb produced the world's first motorcycle in 1885. |
| The first bicycle that was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn't have any pedals. People walked it along. |
| The Wright Brothers invented one of the first airplanes. It was called the Kitty Hawk. |
| The firt commercial text message was sent 1992. |
| The first Bowie knife was forged at Washington, Arkansas. |
| The first European to visit the Mississippi River was DeSoto. |
| In 1893, Chicago hired its first police woman. Her name was Marie Owens. While the city was progressive in its hiring practices, Chicago's female police officers were not allowed to wear uniforms until 1956. |
| The first wooden shoe comes from the Netherlands. The Netherlands have many seas so people wanted a shoe that kept their feet dry while working outside. The shoes were called klompen and they had been cut of one single piece of wood. Today the klompen are the favorite souvenir for people who visit the Netherlands. |
| The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days. |
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