Best episode of The Incredible Hulk (1970s TV series)
I was an avid fan of The Incredible Hulk, the TV series which ran from March 1978 to May 1982 (5 seasons) for a total 82 episodes. My favourite episode is the 2-part “The First” during season 4, which...
View ArticleFirst Olympic champion
Coroebus of Elis (a.k.a Koroibos), a cook/baker, won the stadion race (a sprint for 192 m or 210 yards) in the first recorded Ancient Olympic Games in 776 BC. Of course, in those days, athletes...
View ArticleThe first time the greeting “Merry Christmas” was used
Christmas on 25th December has been celebrated since at least the year 354 AD, as indicated by The Chronography of 354 (Calendar of 354), a codex which was produced in that year for Valentinus, a Roman...
View ArticleFirst humans to spend Christmas in space
Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders were the first humans to spend Christmas in space. They were the crewmembers aboard Apollo 8 which launched...
View ArticleObama’s first national TV appearance
Back in 1990, Barack Obama, then 28, was elected the first black president of Harvard Law Review. In an interview with the New York Times that year, he said he planned to spend up to 3 years working in...
View ArticleFirst drawing of a telephone system
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell (1847 – 1922), who has been described as one of the most influential people in history. He was awarded the first US patent for the telephone on 7th...
View ArticleWhitney Houston’s first performance on national television
On 29th April 1983, Whitney appeared on US national TV for the first time ever, on The Merv Griffin Show. In other words, this was her world debut. She was 19 years old. She sang a cover of Home, a...
View ArticleFirst openly gay imam
Muhsin Hendricks (born 1970), of South Africa, is the world’s first openly gay imam. While to many Muslims this would immediately disqualify him, at the time of writing he’s still apparently a member...
View ArticleFirst world leader invited aboard Air Force One
UPDATE Apparently David Cameron is not the first, John Major is, back in 1994, when he accompanied Bill Clinton on a trip from Pittsburgh to Washington DC. Source The Daily Telegraph, 14 Mar 2012 —————...
View ArticleFirst ever photo of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards together
While the number of photos in which rock legends Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones are together is probably in the millions, the following photo is probably the first. It was taken...
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