The first sustained jet airline service was provided by the Russian airline Aeroflot on an internal route system – Moscow – Omsk – Irkutsk, which began on 15 September 1956 cutting the journey time from 18 to 7 hours. The aircraft used was the Tupolev Tu-104 “Camel”. It was the second jet-powered airliner to enter service after the de Havilland Comet. It had a maximum take-off weight of 167,550lbs (76,000kg), a cruising speed of 513 knots (950km/hr) and a range of 1,430 nautical miles (2,650
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The first team to row the Pacific Ocean West to East are Mick Dawson and Chris Martin (UK) who rowed from Choshi, Japan to the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California,USA, aboard Bojangles in 189 days 10 hr 39 min from 8 May 2009 to 13 November 2009.
The earliest public demonstration of underwater TV occurred on the 26 August 1952 at the 19th National Radio and Television Exhibition, London, UK. Marconi Siebe Gorman showed model divers working on the stern of a sunken ship on monitor sets. The cameras used to film the divers weighed 900 kg (1,984 lb), cost £3,500 ($6,400) and could transmit pictures from 455 m (1,492 ft). Marconi Siebe Gorman was a coalition – Marconi for TV, Siebe Gorman are historically linked with aqualungs.
Spelling Bee was first transmitted on BBC television at 10pm on 31 May 1938. Beamed live from Alexandra Palace, the 15-minute show involved the host Freddie Grisewood asking contestants to spell various words, and was based on a successful radio format adapted by the BBC from the US schools’ Spelling Bee competitions. The show ran monthly for just five episodes.
The first text adventure game featuring a licensed superhero was Questprobe featuring The Hulk, released in 1984. A similar game featuring Spider-Man followed, as did The Human Torch & The Thing. There were plans for 12 Marvel adventures, but developers Adventure International went bust before the series could be completed. Guinness World Records Gamers’ Edition 2009.
The first standard 3.5 inch drive to reach one terabyte in capacity was the Hitachi Deskstar 7k1000, which has a spin rate of 7,100 revolutions per minute. It was launched in 2007.The hard drive, first invented in 1956, has become the standard way of storing large amounts of data on a PC, and is where computer game software is usually kept.
The first theatre to be named after an actor was The Garrick Theatre in London, UK, which was opened in 1889 and named after the actor David Garrick (UK, 1717-1779).
Mystery House released for the Apple II in 1980 was the fist “text-adventure” game with graphics.
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”.
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.