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August 2014 – USA – Some interesting ‘Firsts’

Some Interesting Facts and Firsts


Some interesting facts and firsts

Another trip to the USA this month, with speaking engagements in cities which can claim some interesting ‘firsts’:

  • First song- The first city in the USA to play a Beatles’ song on the radio. – Seattle WA
  • First traffic light – 100 years ago this month (August 5 1914) – Cleveland OH
  • First Aid – Dr Matthew Shields saw the need for timely treatment of injuries on-site that could be performed by trained co-workers until professionals arrived – Scranton PA
  • First demin jeans – In 1871, tailor Jacob Davis created riveted work pants with material bought from the fabric wholesaler Levi Strauss & Co. – Reno NV

Nick is also visiting Las Vegas, where a 1910 law made it illegal to gamble! (The Nevada Legislature later approved a legalised gambling bill in 1931.)

And Lancaster PA where City ordinances fom 1740’s include the intriguing “no letting pigs run loose on the E. King Street”. (Why just that street…?)

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