1979-First Female Prime Minister in Europe
Margaret Thatcher was born as Margaret Hilda Roberts on October 13, 1925 in Grantham, England. British Conservative Party politician and Prime Minister (1979-90), Europe's first female Prime Minister. The only British Prime Minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms.

2008-Dec - President of the USA
First Black President (Barack Obama) was elected against a white woman (Hillary Clinton - former President Bill Clinton's wife) for the term 2009-2012.

2009-Dec-16 - First and Last Check in Britain
Britain bounces Checks After 300 years - Britain announced today that its UK Payments Council has set the date to phase out the use of checks in British banks in favor of modern payment systems as of October 31, 2018.

Checks have all but disappeared in high-tech countries like Sweden and Norway and their use is under review in Ireland, South Africa and Australia. The oldest surviving check in Britain was written in 1659, according to the council and made out for 400 pounds (equivalent to around 42,000 pounds today). It was signed by Nicholas Vanacker, made payable to a Mr Delboe and drawn on Messrs Morris and Clayton, scriveners and bankers of the City of London. In those days, checks would have been exchanged informally in coffee houses. It was not until 1833 that the first clearing house was built in London to exchange checks.

2011-Feb - President of Egypt
Mubarak had to resign on the request of public.