Facts in category: The first...
| The first dictionary of American English was published on April 14th, 1828, by Noah Webster. |
| The first paperback book was printed - by Penguin Publishing in 1935. |
| In France - Captain Sarret made the first parachute jump from an airplane in 1918. |
| The first word spoken by an ape in the movie Planet of the Apes was "Smile". |
| The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789. |
| The first ballpoint pens were made in 1945 and sold for $12. |
| The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor. |
| The first Wimbledon Tennis Competition took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition. Men's singles was the only event that took place. There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by Spencer Gore. |
| The first issue of People Magazine, in 1974, cost 35 cents and featured actress Mia Farrow on the cover. |
| The 1st personal computer, the Apple II, went on sale in 1977. |
| The first known heart medicine was discovered in an English garden. In 1799, physician John Ferriar noted the effect of dried leaves of the common foxglove plant, digitalis purpurea, on heart action. Still used in heart medications, digitalis slows the pulse and increases the force of heart contractions and the amount of b lood pumped per heartbeat. |
| First novel ever written on a typewriter: "Tom Sawyer." |
| The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone. |
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