The earliest bowler to take all 10 wickets in an ICC international cricket match with limited overs was Mehboob Alam (Nepal) for Nepal against Mozambique in Jersey, UK, on 25 May 2008. The match was contested as part of the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division V competition. The accomplishment has only happened professionally in two other instances, both in Test cricket with unlimited overs: once each by Jim Laker (UK) and Anil Kumble (India)
Although the practice of throwing players up against powerful boss enemies soon became an FPS cliché, Wolfenstein 3D was the first title in the genre to make such battles an integral part of progress. Infamously, the game’s final boss was Adolf Hitler himself, sporting a mechanical suit of armour and twin Gatling guns! Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010
The first woman to be elected to the British House of Commons was Mme Constance Georgine Markievicz (n‚e Gore Booth). She was elected as member (Sinn Fein) for St Patrick’s Dublin on 28 December 1918 but did not take her seat. The first woman to take her seat was the Viscountess Astor (1879-1964) (n‚e Nancy Witcher Langhorne at Danville, Virginia, USA; formerly Mrs Robert Gould Shaw), who was elected Unionist member for the Sutton division of Plymouth, Devon on 28 November 1919 and took her
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GTA III was the first game to be recognized by the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) for selling over 1 million copies in the UK. Notably, it is also the first British game to make the ELSPA Award Million-Seller list. GWR Video Gamer’s Edition 2008.
The Hawk-Eye technology, which tracks and predicts the path of a ball in flight using eight cameras placed around the edge of the playing field, has revolutionized the officiating of sports such as cricket and tennis. Operating at 500 frames per second, the system is accurate to within 3mm and has helped officials to make more informed decisions as to, for example, whether a ball has crossed a particular line. First developed by 26-year-old British mathematician Paul Dawkins in 1999, Hawk-Eye made its broadcast debut
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The first municipal motor omnibus service in the world was inaugurated on 12 April 1903 and ran between Eastbourne railway station and Meads, East Sussex, UK.
River Phoenix (USA, 23 August 1970 – 31 October 1993) received an American Academy Award nomination (at the 1989 ceremony) for Best Actor at the age of 17 for his role in Sidney Lumet’s (USA) Running on Empty (USA, 1988); his brother Joaquin (USA, b. 28 October 1974) received his nomination (at the 2006 ceremony) for Walk the Line (USA, 2005). Neither brother went on to win the coveted statue.
Famously elusive, the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) was finally captured alive for the first time when, in March 2002, an international scientific team led by marine biologist Dr Steve O’Shea announced that they had captured seven juvenile specimens off the coast of New Zealand. Measuring 9-13 mm (0.35-0.05 in), these tiny but highly significant individuals sadly did not survive long in captivity, but were briefly filmed there by the Discovery Channel while still alive. Although no adult specimen has survived capture, it is believed that
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Relics of the oldest canals in the world, dated by archaeologists c. 4000BC, were discovered near Mandali, Iraq early in 1968.
The Toyota Corolla was the first automobile in history to reach sales of 30 million. In 2005, the 30 millionth Toyota Corolla is sold.