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English Dictionary – 270th Anniversary 2025

English Dictionary – Samuel Johnson WOS0075

17 Gough Square is where Samuel Johnson and his assistants compiled The World’s First Comprehensive English Dictionary published on the 15th of April 1755. This may be one of the most influential World Firsts we have ever had the privilege of marking. Without this exemplary work many of the other Inventions, Discoveries and World Firsts we celebrate may never have been so well defined nor shared with others with such precise definition and clarity.

Heart of Cape Town Museum Accredited – Cape Town, South Africa

Heart Transplant – Christiaan Barnard WOS0076

The aptly named Heart of Cape Town Museum at the Groote Schuur Hospital takes visitors on a journey commemorating The World’s First Human Heart Transplant by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in 1967. With the advances in modern science we can take such operations for granted and the public’s recognition of the world’s first operation can fade. The museum team have been rightly proud of their new status as an Accredited World Origin Site and we wish them well in keeping this important site up and running for future generations to appreciate and be inspired by.

Brooklands Historic Triple – Three World Firsts

Purpose Built Motor Racing Circuit – WOS0003
Ground to Air Spoken Communication – WOS0073
Flight Ticket Office – WOS0074

Brooklands will be marking their 120th year in 2027 and will celebrate by unveiling a World Origin Site plaque for the World’s First Purpose Built Motor Racing Circuit. Before that will be plaques for the World’s First Ground to Air Communication, successfully transmitted 110 years ago in 1915 and the World’s First Airline Ticket Office from 1911 when you could be some of the first paying passengers to sample a test flight around the Surrey skies.

Stoke Mandeville Stadium – Birthplace of the Paralympics

Paralympics – Stoke Mandeville WOS0038

Dr. Ludwig Guttmann revolutionised spinal injury rehabilitation after WWII, recognising the benefits of competitive exercise. At Stoke Mandeville Hospital in the UK, he organised an archery competition for wheelchair patients, leading to the first Stoke Mandeville Games in 1948, held in parallel to the London Olympics. The event grew annually, culminating in the first official Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960. The National Paralympic Heritage Trust, based at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, preserves this legacy, and the stadium remains the starting point for the Paralympic flame relay. World Origin Site .Org will produce two accreditation plaques, including a trial Braille version.

Plaque Unveiled – 9th November 2024 at Bletchley Park

Electronic Digital Computers – The National Museum of Computing, WOS0039

The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park celebrated 80 years of the Colossus computers. The museum’s reconstructed Colossus is running in the very hut where unit No9 was operational in 1944. These were the World’s First Electronic Digital Computers but were kept top secret for 30 years. Jacqui Garrad, Dr Andrew Herbert OBE, Alan Bealby of PORF and over 70 guests came to see the refurbished museum and the unveiling of World Origin Site plaque 0039 to Accredit this landmark moment in computer development.

Jacaranda Plaque Unveiling – 23rd August 2024 

The Beatles, First Performace – The Jacaranda Club WOS0022

Jacaranda Plaque Unveiling – 23rd August 2024 

The Beatles, First Performace – The Jacaranda Club WOS0022

An estimated 300 people filled the Jacaranda Club and outside on Slater Street in Liverpool to see the unveiling of the World Origin Site plaque 0022 marking the first performance of The Beatles. Guests included Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood plus the Zutons performing live together with friends and family of the band and of their original manager Allan Williams. The plaque is set to become an important new landmark for fans visiting the city where the biggest band in the history of popular music began 64 years ago.

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