27 Modern World Firsts

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27 Modern World Firsts

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Sure, sure, everyone knows who the first president was, and who was first to walk on the moon. The thing is, there are new firsts taking place all the time, and don't they deserve just as much love and attention as George Washington and Neil Armstrong? Of course they do.

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In 1986, Lucasfilm Games published Habitat the first persistent graphical world that could connect hundreds of people online. LUCASFILM'S HAitAt ALLOF
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This is the first personal photograph ever uploaded on the Internet. Horribles Cernottes Les It'ss a photo of a group of female singers who sang about
The first TV commercial that showed bras on live models aired in 1987. Old commercials for bras featured women who demonstrated bras on mannequins. Th
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer. PA ebay eBay founder Pierre Omidyar disclosed in his listing that it didn't work. Yet, a
The very first banner ad was a 1994 AT&T advertisement. YOU Have you ever clicked your mouse right HERE? WILL The theme of AT&T'S You Will ad campai
You Tube Ever wondered what was first comment ever posted on Youtube? Highlighted comment Marco Casse years ago LOL!!!!!!! REPLY 1.5K The honor belong
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The first item bought online was a CD of Sting's Ten Summoner's Tales, in August 1994. ESSE 000 VISA 122 3172 042 VISA STING The buyer used his Visa
The first use of a barcode to purchase an item happened in 1974. The item was a pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. WRIGLEY'S 5 STICKS JUICY FR
The first ever public online news repository was created by the New York Times- -in 1973. The New York Times Bank: A User's Perspective Information de
The distinction of being the very first reality show goes to the 1973 PBS mini. series An American Family. The show followed the Louds (a large middle
The first ever LIVE STREAMING event was a performance by SEVERE TIRE DAMAGE in June 1993
The pixellated robot vision in 1973's Westworld was the first computer-generated image of any kind in a movie. It was done by an experimental filmmake
THE FIRST MUSIC VIDEO RECORDED IN SPACE IS COMMANDER CHRIS HADFIELD'S COVER OF DAVID BOWIE'S SPACE ODDITY. TIDITEE It's also the first remote musica
The first ever post on Reddit was a link to a story about the Downing Street memo. reddit REDDIT.COM comments other discussions (3) This is an archive
GRAOT The first flash mob occured in June 2003. RUG COLLECTION It was created by Bill Wasik, Harper's Magazine senior editor, as a social experiment.
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