WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Alice Guy-Blaché: World’s first female film director
12-05-2023
(WorldKings.org) Alice Guy Blaché was the first female film director. She first became involved in cinema whilst working for the Gaumont Film Company in the late 1890s.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Jazz Hot: The oldest jazz magazine in the world
11-05-2023
(WorldKings.org) Jazz Hot was published in March 1935 and is the oldest jazz magazine in the world.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Royal Philatelic Society London: Oldest philatelic society in the world
11-05-2023
(WorldKings.org) The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as The Philatelic Society, London.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Breitkopf & Härtel: World's oldest music publisher
10-05-2023
(WorldKings.org) Founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, Breitkopf & Härtel is the world's oldest music publisher.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) John McFall: World’s first parastronaut
09-05-2023
(WorldKings.org) On 23 November 2022, McFall was announced to be one of the astronauts in the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern: World’s highest capacity funicular
08-05-2023
(WorldKings.org) Built in 2013 for a transport capacity of 215 tons, Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern is the highest capacity funicular.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) World Snooker Championship: World’s longest-running tournament in professional snooker
08-05-2023
(WorldKings.org) The World Snooker Championship is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament in professional snooker. First held in 1927, it is now one of the three tournaments (together with the UK Championship and the invitational Masters) that makeup snooker's Triple Crown Series. The reigning world champion is Luca Brecel.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Fribourg funicular: World’s only extant wastewater powered funicular
06-05-2023
(WorldKings.org) Today, there are only a few water-powered funiculars left, and Fribourg's is particularly green because of the type of water it uses. Fribourg funicular is powered by wastewater and the only such extant one in the world to do so.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) C. A. Seydel Söhne: House the oldest harmonica factory in the world
05-05-2023
(wcsa.world) Founded in 1847, the company is the oldest harmonica factory in the world.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) International Space University: The sole university worldwide devoted entirely to space education
04-05-2023
(WorldKings.org) ISU is the sole university worldwide devoted entirely to space education since 1987.