Firsts: Origins of Everyday Things that Changed the World

July 22, 2009 - PRLog -- by Wilson Casey, "Trivia" Guinness World Record Holder

ISBN-10: 1592579248y                       ISBN-13: 978-1592579242

Worldwide Release: Oct 06, 2009 by Alpha/Penguin Publishing

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, general manager of Motorola’s Communications Systems Division, placed the first call on a cellular phone. Who did he call?  His rival, Joel Engel of AT&T’s Bell Labs.

“Firsts” are the milestones of history.  Surprising, informative, humorous, and always fascinating, these wonderful, often little-known facts bring our world to life.  Now, for the first time ever, trivia expert Wilson Casey has compiled over 500 firsts on nearly every topic imaginable, from fashion to food, politics to science, sports to art:

In 1926, the Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop in Springfield, Illinois,
became the first drive-thru restaurant.  Drivers pulled up to the
window, told the cook what they wanted, and waited in their
vehicles for their food to be prepared and handed out the window.

The first person buried on the moon was Eugene M. Shoemaker.
On July 31, 1999, a small container holding 1 ounce of the astrogeologist’s
ashes arrived near the south pole of the moon after a controlled crash.

The first Social Security check issued was to Ida May Fuller.
Check number 00-000-001 was issued to the 65-year-old on
January 31, 1940, in the amount of $22.54.

The first Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue edition was published on
January 20, 1964. Cover model Babette March wore a white two-piece
bathing suit while standing in the surf off Cozumel, Mexico.

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WILSON CASEY, a.k.a. The Trivia Guy, is one of the country’s foremost trivia aficionados, with a syndicated column, numerous books, an award-winning website (www.TriviaGuy.com), and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest-running radio trivia broadcast at 30 hours. Since 2000, Wilson has written a daily trivia column for numerous papers, and King Features syndicates his weekly “Bible Trivia” column.