See this for more on the first tx

Some more info on Hal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)

And if you want to be sad, read this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155054.0

Hal died of ALS around the time of the ice-bucket challenge thing. If you read the previous link you're probably sad now, maybe this will cheer you up https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/32bsrs/january_11th_2011_hal_finney_gets_all/