First ‘text-adventure’ video game with graphics
Mystery House released for the Apple II in 1980 was the fist “text-adventure” game with graphics.
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First ‘text-adventure’ video game
Colossal Cave Adventure, created in 1976 for the PDP-10 computer was the first “text-adventure” video game. With puzzles, an element of fantasy and a command system, it introduced much of the groundwork from which point ‘n’ click adventures drew their inspiration. Players would read a description of their location, then choose what to do next by typing commands such as “enter building” or “go north”.
First tightrope walk over Niagara Falls
First tight end to catch 1,000 passes, NFL career
Tony Gonzalez (USA) became the first tight end in National Football League (NFL) history to catch 1,000 passes during his career. The milestone catch came during a game on 12 September 2010. Gonzalez also holds the NFL records by a tight end for most single-season receptions (102, in 2004), most career touchdowns (82), most career receptions (1,001), and most career reception yards (11,842) while playing for the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons (both USA) since 1997.
First three-tiered victory podium at the Olympics
The 1932 Los Angeles Games proved to be the most spectacular in history, with the sheer size and quality of the city’s Coliseum Olympic Stadium wowing the crowds and the world’s media. It was also the Games that introduced many of the Olympic traditions that continue today, including the tiered victory podium on which the three medallists stand to receive their awards. Los Angeles was also the first Games to see the gold medallist honoured with the raising of his national flag and the playing Continue reading →
First trade advert
Earliest illustrated trade advertisement for a specific product An advertisement appeared in the British paper The Daily Courant on 17 March 1703 for a patented chocolate maker.
First time win for #1 car – NASCAR Truck Series
Ted Musgrave (USA) won his first NASCAR title, taking the 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship. It was the first time a vehicle carrying the number ¡§1¡¨ won a NASCAR championship in any of NASCAR¡¦s three national touring series.
First trading card game patent
On 2 September 1997, Richard Garfield, inventor of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, was awarded US patent 5,662,332 (A) for “the trading card game method of play”. This was the first trading card game patent ever awarded. The patent defines the TCG as “…a novel method of game play and game components that in one embodiment are in the form of trading cards (10, 12, 40, 42, 44, 48, 54, 60, 64). However, the game components may take other forms, such as a Continue reading →
First transatlantic flight
The first crossing of the North Atlantic by air was made by Lt Cdr (later Rear Admiral) Albert Cushing Read (1887-1967) and his crew (Stone, Hinton, Rodd, Rhoads and Breese) in the 155 km/h (84-knot) US Navy/Curtiss flying-boat NC-4 from Trepassey Harbor, Newfoundland, Canada via the Azores, to Lisbon, Portugal from 16-27 May 1919. The whole flight of 7,591 km (4,717 miles), originating from Rockaway Air Station, Long Island, New York, USA on 8 May, required 53 hr 58 min, terminating at Plymouth, Devon on Continue reading →
First transaction on eBay
The first eBay transaction was made in September 1995, when Pierre Omidyar (France), who launched eBay in the USA on the 4th of the same month, sold a broken laser pointer for $14.83 (£9.54).