The first music store in America was opened in Philadelphia by Michael Hillegas.
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The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience at the Philadelphia Academy of Music.
The first Continental Congress meeting was held in Philadelphia, US.
The first US commercial bank, The Bank of North America, opened in Philadelphia.
One hundred and forty thousand miners went on strike in Pennsylvania.
The Portage Railroad Line in Pennsylvania built the first railroad tunnel in the US.
