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What's So
Great about Liverpool?
- St.
Patrick said to have sailed from the River Mersey on his mission
to Ireland, 432.
- City
established by royal charter in 1207.
- The
first recorded cargo from America lands in Liverpool, 1648.
- England's
first circulating library, the Lyceum, built in 1758.
- World's
first school for deaf people, built in 1825.
- Oldest
and greatest steeplechase, the Grand National, 1839 (National
Velvet).
- Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, founded 1841.
- Britain's
first chess club, 1857.
- Walker
Art Gallery is U.K.'s first public art gallery, 1877.
- Britain's
first female doctor opens practice in Liverpool, 1884.
- Liver
Buildings are Europe's first skyscraper, 1907.
- Home
of the Beatles -- Yeah, Yeah Yeah!
- Liverpool
named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, 2004.
- Liverpool
named European Capital of Culture, 2008.
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