• Source: List of Pennsylvania firsts

      • This is a list of firsts achieved in Province of Pennsylvania during the colonial era and, following the American Revolution, the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.


      Firsts




      = 17th century

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      1688 — First public protest of slavery in America, Germantown (now part of Philadelphia)


      = 18th century

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      1731 — First subscription library in the United States, Library Company of Philadelphia, founded by Benjamin Franklin
      1732 — First social club in the English-speaking world, the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill, Philadelphia
      1743 — First institution devoted to science, the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia
      1748 — First dancing organization in America, the Dancing Assemblies of Philadelphia
      1748 — First Lutheran church body in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium
      1751 — First hospital in America, the Pennsylvania Hospital
      1754 — First (and only) surrender by George Washington, Fort Necessity
      1762 — First lectures on anatomy in North America, Dr. William Shippen, Philadelphia
      1765 — First medical school, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, which made Penn the first educational institution to become a university in the United States, Philadelphia
      1766 — First organized hunting club in America, the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club near Philadelphia
      1774 — First continuously serving unit in the United States military, the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry
      1775 — Continental Marines founded, Tun Tavern, Philadelphia; now known as U.S. Marine Corps
      1777 — First United States Capital, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first capital under the First Continental Congress from September 5, 1774 to October 24, 1774. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first capital under the Articles of Confederation from March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1783
      1780 — First abolition law, while the state capital was in Philadelphia
      1784 — First successful daily newspaper, The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia
      1786 — First vessel ever moved by steam, Delaware River at Philadelphia, by John Fitch
      1790 — First stock exchange in America, Philadelphia
      1792 — First United States Mint, Philadelphia
      1794 — First African Methodist Episcopal church, Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia
      1795 — First turnpike in the United States, Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike
      1796 — First suspension bridge, Uniontown by James Finley


      = 19th century

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      1805 — First art institution in the United States, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
      1805 — First covered bridge in the U.S., the Market Street Bridge (a.k.a. "the Permanent Bridge"), Philadelphia
      1809 — First theater in the U.S., Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia
      1816 — First wire cable suspension bridge, near Philadelphia, by Josiah White and Erskine Hazard
      1821 — First pharmacy school, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (now part of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia)
      1845 — First T-rail rolled in the U.S., Danville
      1848 — First and only visual arts college for women in the United States, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia
      1856 — First national convention for the Republican Party, Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphia
      1859 — First grand opera house in the United States still used for its original purpose, the Academy of Music, Philadelphia
      1859 — First successful oil well, Titusville (Edwin L. Drake)
      1861 — First pretzel factory, Julius Sturgis, Lititz
      1863 — First Civil War battle north of the Mason–Dixon line, Hanover, J.E.B. Stuart vs. George Armstrong Custer
      1866 — First mill in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to the process of making steel, Steelton Plant, near Harrisburg
      1873 — First Roller Coaster, Jim Thorpe
      1874 — First zoo, Philadelphia (chartered in 1859)
      1876 — First World's Fair in the United States, the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia
      1877 — First department store opened, Wanamaker's, Philadelphia
      1879 — First non-reservation school for Native Americans, Carlisle, Carlisle Indian School
      1881 — First community illuminated by electricity, Philipsburg
      1881 — First business school in the United States, Wharton School
      1883 — First successful three-wire electric lighting system, Sunbury
      1884 — First taxi service, Philadelphia; First Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in the Western Hemisphere, Shenandoah.


      = 20th century

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      1901 — First escalator in the U.S., Philadelphia
      1903 — First World Series, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Red Sox
      1913 — First coast-to-coast highway, Lincoln Highway
      1919 — First Thanksgiving Day Parade, Philadelphia
      1920 — First commercial radio station, KDKA (AM) (Pittsburgh)
      1922 — First municipal airport, Clarion, Parker D. Cramer airfield
      1922 — First women (eight, including Martha Gibbons Thomas) elected to serve in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
      1924 — First woman to serve as Speaker of a State House of Representatives, Alice M. Bentley
      1932 — First totally air conditioned building, Philadelphia, PSFS Building
      1933 — First American-born bishop of the Eastern Orthodox Church, September 10, 1933, consecration of Benjamin (Basalyga) of Olyphant
      1933 — First baseball stadium built for a Black team, Pittsburgh, Greenlee Stadium
      1933 — First African-American woman to be elected a State Legislator, Crystal Bird Fauset
      1939 — First Little League Baseball game, June 6, Williamsport.
      1946 — First large-scale, electronic, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems, ENIAC, at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
      1947 — First Little League World Series, Williamsport.
      1948 — First cable television system, Mahanoy City
      1952 — First indoor zoo - National Aviary, Pittsburgh
      1957 — First American commercial nuclear generator, Shippingport Atomic Power Station
      1970 — First African American female Secretary of State, Dr. C. DeLores Tucker, appointed under Gov. Milton Shapp
      1974 — First successful conjoined twin separation, Philadelphia, Clara and Altagracia Rodriguez, at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
      1976 — First automotive bridge to be named for a woman, Betsy Ross Bridge, Philadelphia
      1976 — First museum for young children, The "Please Touch Museum for Children" in Philadelphia
      1977 — First African-American to serve as speaker of a state House of Representatives, K. Leroy Irvis of Pittsburgh
      1999 — First license plate with a web site address


      = 21st century

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      2003 — First Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, January 24, 2003, Tom Ridge
      2003 — First Puerto Rican Secretary of State in the United States, outside of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, April 2, 2003, Pedro A. Cortés
      2003 — First confirmed Latino Cabinet member, April 2, 2003, Pedro A. Cortés
      2021 — First openly transgender four-star officer in the nation's eight uniformed services, Rachel Levine.


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