The first iPhone was released on June 29, 2007.

The world's first cash machine was installed here on 27 June 1967.

The very first Lord of the Rings book, The Fellowship of the Ring, was published on July 29, 1954 in the United Kingdom.

Tolkien initially envisioned it as one volume, but due to publishing limitations, it was eventually released in three parts – with subsequent volumes, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, following in November 1954 and October 1955 respectively.

The winner of the first season of the British talent show "The X Factor" in 2004 was Steve Brookstein. He emerged as the winner and became the first-ever winner of "The X Factor" in the UK.

The first GCSEs were awarded in 1988.

While the qualifications were introduced in 1986 to replace O-Levels and CSEs, it took two years for the first exams to be taken and results to be issued. So, 1988 marks the year these new qualifications truly came into effect and students received their first official GCSE grades.

The first player to score a Premier League hat-trick was Eric Cantona, who scored three times for Leeds United in a 5–0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in 1992.

In 1996, Ruud Gullit became the first black manager of a Premiership (now known as the Premier League) football club. He was appointed as the player-manager of Chelsea.