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★ First Asian city to host Olympics --------- Tokyo, Japan, 1964
★ First Athlete disqualified at the Olympics for drug use --------- Hans-Gunnar Lijenwall, Mexico Olympics, 1968
★ First Blind person to conquer the Everest --------- Erik Weihenmayer, USA, 2001
★ First Cricket Club --------- Cricket club founded in Hambledon, England
★ First Country to Print Books --------- China
★ First Country to issue paper currency --------- China
★ First Country to start Civil Service Competition --------- China
★ First Country to make education compulsory --------- Prussia
★ First Country to win World Cup football --------- Uruguay
★ First Country to make a constitution --------- USA
★ First Country to Organize NAM Summit --------- Belgrade
★ First Country to send human to Moon --------- USA
★ First Country to launch satellite into space --------- Russia
★ First Country to host modern Olympics --------- Greece
★ First Country to launch Radio Telescope Satellite into space --------- Japan
★ First European to visit China --------- Marco Polo
★ First Man to climb Mt Everest --------- Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, 1953
★ First Man to reach North Pole --------- Robert Peary
★ First Man to reach South Pole --------- Ronald Amundsen
★ First Man to Fly an aeroplan --------- Wright Brothers
★ First Man to sail around the World --------- Ferdinand Magellan
★ First Man to set foot on the Moon --------- Neil Armstrong
★ First Man to go to the space --------- Major Yuri Gagarin
★ First Man to draw the map of Earth --------- Anexemander
★ First Man to compile Encyclopedia --------- Aspheosis
★ First Man to win Nobel Prize in Literature --------- Rene FA and Silt Pradhom
★ First Man to win Nobel Prize in Peace --------- Jin F Dunant and Frederic Peiry
★ First Man to win Nobel Prize in Physics --------- WK Roentgen
★ First Man to win Nobel Prize in Chemistry --------- JH Wenthoff
★ First Man to win Nobel Prize in Medicine --------- AE Wonn Behring
★ First Man to win Nobel Prize in Economics --------- Ranger Fish and John Tinbergen
★ First Man to sail around the World alone --------- Joshua Slocum
★ First Man tourist in Space --------- Dennis Tito
★ First Man to have climbed Mount Everest Twice --------- Nawang Gombu
★ First Man Oscar winner for the Best Actor --------- Emil Jannings, 1928
★ First Man to win Tour de France --------- Maurice Garin, 1903
★ First Man boxing champion --------- Tim Hyer, 1841
★ First Man chess champion --------- Wilhelm Steinitz, 1886
★ First Man to walk in space --------- Alexei Arkhovich Leonov, 1965
★ First Man heart transplant was performed by --------- Dr. Christian Barnard, 1967
★ First Man heart transplant recipient --------- Louis Washkansky, 1967
★ First Man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic --------- Charles Lindbergh, 1927
★ First Man to swim across the English Channel --------- Matthew Webb, 1875
★ First Man to fly solo nonstop around the world in ballon --------- Steve Fossett, U.S., 2002
★ First Man to cross the Pacific Ocean in hot air balloon --------- Ben Abruzzo and team in the Double Eagle V
★ First Movie in the world --------- The jazz Singer , 1927
★ First Parkinson’s disease was first described by --------- James Parkinson, British neurologist, 1817
★ First Religion of the world --------- Santosh Dharma
★ First Recipient of a permanent artificial heart --------- Barney Clark, 1982
★ First Secretary General of UN --------- Trigve Li
★ First Space shuttle launched --------- Colombia
★ First Space ship landed on Moon --------- Viking-1
★ First Space vehicle to land on the moon --------- Lunar Exploration Module (LEM)
★ First Woman tourist in Space --------- Mrs Anousheh Ansari
★ First Woman civilian police adviser of the U.N. --------- Kiran Bedi
★ First Woman Bishop --------- Rev Barbara C. Harris (USA)
★ First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Literature --------- Selma Lagerlöf
★ First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Peace --------- Bertha von Suttner
★ First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Physics --------- Marie Curie-Skłodowska
★ First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Chemistry --------- Marie Curie-Skłodowska
★ First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Medicine --------- Gerty Theresa Cori
★ First Woman to win Nobel Prize in Economics --------- Elinor Ostrom
★ First Woman Prime Minister of a Country --------- S Bhandarnayake
★ First Woman Cosmonaut in Space --------- Valentina Tereshkova, USSR
★ First Woman to Climb Mt. Everest --------- Juno Tabei, Japan
★ First Woman President of UN General assembly --------- Vijayalakshmi Pandit
★ First Woman to reach North Pole --------- Mrs Fran Phipps
★ First Woman to reach Antartica --------- Caroline Michaelson
★ First Woman President of a Country --------- Maria Estela Peron
★ First Woman to sail around the world alone --------- Kat Cotte
★ First Woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal --------- Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles, 1900
★ First Woman professional bullfighter --------- Patricia Mccormick, 1952
★ First Women’s Olympic marathon Champion --------- Joan Benoit, Los Angles, 1984
★ First Woman to Climb Mt. Everest twice --------- Santosh Yadav
★ First Woman Oscar winner for Best Actress --------- Janet Gaynor, 1928
★ First Woman black tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon --------- A Gibson, 1957
★ First Woman to win a Grand Slam --------- Maureen Catherine, 1953
★ First Woman to swim the English Channel --------- Gertrude Ederle, 1926
★ First Woman to set foot on North Pole --------- Ann Bancroft, USA, 1986
★ First University of the world --------- Taxila University
