Firsts that happened the month you were born.



Viking 2 Mars probe launches
Rock band Kiss release their 1st live album "Alive!"
The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight
"Fawlty Towers" starring John Cleese Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs premieres on BBC2 in the UK
The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight
Dougal Haston Doug Scott become the first British people to climb Mount Everest
The National Railway Museum is opened in York, becoming the first national museum outside London
 
Harvey, starring James Stewart opened in New York.
Shirley Temple retires from films aged 22.
James Dean begins his career with an appearance in an advert for Pepsi Cola.
 
First ever Pony Express services

America's first astronauts introduced

First modern Olympic games launched

First ever performance of the musical South Pacific

First ever mobile phone call

Elvis Presley had his first number 1 hit single

First cordless telephone went on sale in Britain
 
Cuban missile crisis...

I would have got back in ......
First ever Pony Express services

America's first astronauts introduced

First modern Olympic games launched

First ever performance of the musical South Pacific

First ever mobile phone call

Elvis Presley had his first number 1 hit single

First cordless telephone went on sale in Britain

Was it a long labour ?
 
Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne

Slingshot (catapult) style goalposts were standardised in the NFL.
 

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