First TV sci-fi aired
1938: an adaptation of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), a play in the Czech language by Karel Èapek; also the world’s first depiction of robots.
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First TV series produced in colour
The earliest TV series produced in colour was The World Is Yours (CBS, USA), which began transmission on 26 June 1951. The predominance of black and white receivers in most US homes, however, meant that many households did not receive it until colourcasting was introduced in December 1953.
First tweep to amass over 1 million followers
The celebrity Twitter popularity contest is being won by actor Ashton Kutcher (USA), the first tweet to amass over 1 million followers.
First UFO sighting by a pilot
The world´s earliest sighting of a UFO by a pilot occurred on 31 January 1916, when a British pilot near Rochford, Essex, reported seeing a row of lights, resembling the lighted windows on a train carriage, that rose up into the sky and disappeared.
First twin-stick fighting game
The first fighting game to use a twin-stick control scheme is Virtual-On (SEGA, 1995), the 1-on-1 arcade robot combat simulator which was first released in Japan in 1995. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011
First underground railway system
The London Underground, London, UK, with its first section opening in 1863, is the first metro system in the world.
First undefeated regular season by an NFL team
The New England Patriots (USA) scored a 16-0 record in 2007, becoming the first team in NFL history to achieve an undefeated regular season since the league went to a 16-game schedule in 1978. The New England Patriots (USA) joined the 1934 Chicago bears (13-0), 1942 Chicago Bears (11-0) and 1972 Miami Dolphins (14-0) as the only undefeated regular season teams in the NFL’s 88 year history
First unbeaten football Premier League season
In the Premier League season of 2003/04, Arsenal FC were unbeaten in all 38 games, winning 26, drawing 12, losing none. In the process they scored 73 goals and conceded 26, failing to score on only four occasions. The North London team won the title with 90 points, finishing with a 2-1 victory over Leicester City at home on 15 May 2004. The only other side to finish an English top division season unbeaten were Preston North End’s “Invincibles” in 1888-89, who won 18 of Continue reading →
First undisputed overland journey to North Pole
The earliest indisputable attainment of the North Pole by surface travel over the sea-ice took place at 3 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on 19 April 1968, when expedition leader Ralph Plaisted (USA), accompanied by Walter Pederson, Gerald Pitzl and Jean Luc Bombardier, reached the pole after a 42-day trek in snowmobiles.
First University in the New World
The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino (or University of Saint Thomas Aquinas) in present-day Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) was the first university in the New World. Founded as a seminary for Roman Catholic monks of the Dominican Order in 1518, it was made a university by a papal bill on October 28, 1538. But the school was not officially recognized by the Spanish Court until a Royal Decree was granted in 1558. The university closed in 1823 but was revived nearly a hundred years later, Continue reading →