First Happens Facts

The Sumerians, who lived in the Middle East, invented the wheel in about 3450 BC.

It was the Romans who made the first popsicle. They took some ice and added flavors to it and then licked it.

Thomas Crapper developed the flush toilet. In 1884, he simulated the materials a toilet would normally handle, to create "a super-flush which had completely cleared away: 10 apples, 1 flat sponge, 3 air vessels, Plumbers Smudge coated over the pan, 4 pieces of paper adhering closely to the soiled surface." A fantastic feat of flushing!

The Industrial Revolution in Europe first saw the beginning of air pollution, which gradually became a major global problem.

The first steam powered train was invented by Robert Stephenson. It was called the Rocket.

The first pick-up truck in the world was made by Gottlieb Daimler in 1886. Gottlieb produced the world's first motorcycle in 1885.

The first car with four wheels was made in France in 1901 by Panhard et LeVassor.

pin bowling was made up in Germany during the Medieval ages Karl Benz invented the first gas powered car. The car had only three wheels.

The first toy balloon, made of vulcanized rubber, was thought of by someone in the J.G.Ingram company in London, England in 1847.

The first metal bicycle was called the High-Wheel or Penny Farthing. People had a hard time keeping their balance on this type of bicycle.

The first bicycle that was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn't have any pedals.

The Wright Brothers invented one of the first airplanes. It was called the Kitty Hawk.

The first black surgeon to do open heart surgery was Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. In 1893, he saved a man who was knifed by opening his chest and sewing together the wound, which was only a fraction of an inch from his heart. He was one of the first to do this. He accomplished this without any modern medical devices, such as x-rays.

The first animal sent up to outer space was a dog.

JOSEPH RECHENDORFER was the first person to think of putting a piece of rubber onto the top of a pencil which makes it real easy to rub out mistakes.