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