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First in the World
First Space Tourist (Female) - Anousheh Ansari (2004)
First Space Tourist (Male) — Dennis Tito of USA (2001)
First Space Vehicle to land on the Moon — Lunar Exploration Module (LEM)
Man to walk in space — Alexei Leonov, 1965
First country to send man to the moon — USA
First country to launch Artificial satellite into space — Russia
First person to land on the moon — Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin E. Aldrin
First shuttle to go in space — Columbia
First spacecraft to reach on Mars — Viking–1
First woman cosmonaut of the world — Valentina Tereshkova (Russia)
Man to swim across the English Channel — Matthew Webb 1875
First Movie in the world — The Jazz singer 1927
First University of the World — Taxila University
Man to sail around the world alone — Joshua Slocum
Man to win Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics — JH Wenthoh, AE Wonn Behring, Ranger Fish and John Tinbergen.
Man to win Nobel Prize in Literature — Rene FA and Silt Pradhom
Man to win Nobel Prize in for peace — Jin F Dunant and Frederic Pierre
First man to compile Encyclopedia — Aspheosis
First to draw the map of Earth — Anaximander
First person to reach Mount Everest — Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary
First woman to climb Mount Everest — Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
First man to have climbed Mount Everest twice — Nawang Gombu
First Blind person to conquer the Everest — Erik Weihenmayer USA, 2001
First person to reach North Pole — Robert Peary
First person to reach South Pole — Amundsen
First country to print book — China
First country to issue paper currency — China
First country to commence competitive exam — China
First country to win Football World Cup — Uruguay
First country to prepare a constitution — USA
First person to sail around the world — Magellan
First country to host the modern Olympics — Greece
First president of the USA — George Washington
First prime minister of Britain — Robert Walpole
First Governor General of the United Nations — Trigveli (Norway)
First prime minister of Britain — Robert Walpole
First Governor General of the United Nations — Trigveli (Norway)
First country to win Football World Cup — Uruguay
First country to prepare a constitution — USA
First European to attack India — Alexander, The Great
First European to reach China — Marco Polo
First person to fly aeroplane — Wright Brothers
First city on which the atom bomb war dropped — Hiroshima (Japan)
First woman Prime Minister of England — Margaret Thatcher
First woman PM of a country — Mrs S. Bandaranaike (Srilanka)
First Muslim PM of a country — Benazir Bhutto (Pak)
First woman president of the U.N. General Assembly — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First man to fly into space — Yuri Gagarin (Russia)
First batsman to score the three test century in three successive test on debut — Azharuddin
first US president to resign presidency — Richard Nixon
First Country to host NAM Summit — Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
First Asian city to host Olympics — Tokyo, Japan, 1964
First Athlete disqualified at the Olympics for drug use — Hans - Gunnar Liljenwall, Mexico Olympics, 1968
First country to make education compulsory — Prussia
First country to launch Radio Telescope satellite into space — Japan
First Country to give voting right to woman — New Zealand
First Country to impose carbon tax — New Zealand
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