First Ever

Hero of Alexandria created the world's first vending machine using a coin-and-lever system that was similar to the one used in early modern vending machines until the arrival of all-electronic models.

The purpose of Hero's machine was to distribute controlled amounts of holy water at temples, because people had been taking more holy water than they had been paying for.

The first text message ever sent was on December 3, 1992 by 22-year-old British engineer Neil Papworth. He was part of a team working on developing SMS for Vodafone. The text message was sent to Vodafone executive Richard Jarvis and read "Merry Christmas."

SMS stands for “Short Message Service” and surpassed phone calls as the most popular form of communication in 2007.

There are a few schools of thought as to the origin of Boxing Day. One school of thought contends that its origins springs up from the tradition churches had of opening the alms box on December 26 to distribute its contents to the poor. These were opened on December 26 in honor of St. Stephen, who was the first martyr of Christianity and whose feast is on December 26. Another theory is that the name was derived from the tradition of masters giving their servants the day off and giving them a Christmas Box. The servants would also bring Christmas boxes to their families.

Robert Cornelius was working outside of his family's lamp and chandelier store in Philadelphia and took a "quick" selfie. Early daguerreotypy required a long exposure time, ranging from three to fifteen minutes.
@ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap." This joke dates back to 1900 BC. It is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq.

Louise Joy Brown was born July 15, 1978 and is the first human born as a result of IVF (in vitro fertilization). IVF is a process by which an egg is fertilized by s***m outside the body. In vitro means "in glass." Louise's younger sister, Natalie, was also conceived through IVF and was the first IVF baby to give birth herself without IVF.

The first fixed-wing scheduled airline started on January 1, 1914. The flight went from St. Petersburg, Florida to Tampa, Florida. The flight was operated by the St. Petersburg and Tampa Airboat Line.

The first car to bear the Ferrari name was the Ferrari 125 S. It debuted on May 11, 1947. Enzo Ferrari, a racecar driver and entrepreneur, was the founder of Ferrari.

The first climbers confirmed to have summited Mount Everest, Earth’s highest mountain above sea level, were Sir Edmund Percival Hillary and his Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay. Edmund Hillary was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1919. He is also the first person to reach both the North and South Pole and summit Everest.