The first person to fly aeroplane –
Wright Brothers
The first person to sail round the
world – Magellan
world – Magellan
The first country to send man to the
moon – U.S.A
moon – U.S.A
The first country to launch Artificial
satellite in the space – Russia
satellite in the space – Russia
The first country to host the modern
Olympics – Greece
Olympics – Greece
First human in space - Yuri Gagarin
(Russia)
(Russia)
The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped – Hiroshima (Japan)
The first person to land on the moon
Neil Armstrong followed by – Edwin E. Aldrin
Neil Armstrong followed by – Edwin E. Aldrin
The first shuttle to go in space –
Columbia
Columbia
The first spacecraft to reach on Mars –Viking-I
The first woman Prime Minister of
England – Margaret Thatcher
England – Margaret Thatcher
The first Muslim Prime Minister of a
country – Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
country – Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
The first woman to climb Mount
Everest – Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
Everest – Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
The first woman cosmonaut of the
world – Valentina Tereshkova (Russia)
world – Valentina Tereshkova (Russia)
The first woman President of the U.N.
General Assembly – Vijaya Lakshmi
Pandit
General Assembly – Vijaya Lakshmi
Pandit
The first batsman to score three test
century in three successive tests on
debut – Mohd. Azharuddin
century in three successive tests on
debut – Mohd. Azharuddin
The first man to have climbed Mount
Everest twice – Nawang Gombu
Everest twice – Nawang Gombu
The first U.S. President to resign
Presidency – Richard Nixon
Presidency – Richard Nixon
Chinese Traveller to India – Fahein
Foreign Invader to India – Alexander
the Great
the Great
Person in Space – Yuri Gagarin
Person on Moon – Neil Armstrong
The first woman to climb Mount
Everest – Junko Taibei
Everest – Junko Taibei
The first European to visit China –
Marco Polo
Marco Polo
Man to walk in Space – Alexei Leonov
The first woman Prime Minister of a
country – Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike
country – Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike
The first woman President of a country – Maria Estela Peron
The first woman to Command a Space Mission Colonel – Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)
First talkie movie in the world – “The
jazz Singer” (1927).
jazz Singer” (1927).
The first residents of International
Space station – Bill Shepherd (USA),
Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei Krikalev
(Russia)
Space station – Bill Shepherd (USA),
Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei Krikalev
(Russia)
The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest
– Erik Weihenmayer (USA, May 25,
2001)
– Erik Weihenmayer (USA, May 25,
2001)
The first Muslim woman to become the Secretary General of Amnesty
International – lrine Zubeida Khan
International – lrine Zubeida Khan
The first space astronaut to go into
space seven times till date – Jerry
Ross (U.S.A.)
space seven times till date – Jerry
Ross (U.S.A.)
The first South African to become the
second space tourist – Mark
Shuttleworth
second space tourist – Mark
Shuttleworth
The first woman Prime Minister of
South Korea – Ms. Chang Sang
South Korea – Ms. Chang Sang
The first youngest grandmaster of the
world in chess – Sergey Karjakin
(Ukraine)
world in chess – Sergey Karjakin
(Ukraine)
The first adventurer flying successfully across the English Channel without aircraft – Felix Baumgartner (July 2003)
China's first man in space – Yang
Liwei
Liwei
The first Muslim woman to receive
Nobel Prize – Shirin Ebadi (Nobel
Peace Prize 2003)
Nobel Prize – Shirin Ebadi (Nobel
Peace Prize 2003)
The woman with the highest individual Test score making a new world record
– Kiran Baloch (Pakistani cricketer,
scoring 242 runs playing women's
cricket test against West Indies in
Karachi in March, 2004)
– Kiran Baloch (Pakistani cricketer,
scoring 242 runs playing women's
cricket test against West Indies in
Karachi in March, 2004)
The first woman of the world to climb
Mt. Everest four times – Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)
Mt. Everest four times – Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)
The first woman to cross seven
important seas of the world by
swimming – Bula Chaudhury (India)
important seas of the world by
swimming – Bula Chaudhury (India)
First Asian city to host Olympics –
Tokyo, Japan (1964)
Tokyo, Japan (1964)
First woman black tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon – A
Gibson (1957)
Gibson (1957)
First woman to win a Grand Slam –
Maureen Catherine (1953)
Maureen Catherine (1953)
First woman to win an Olympic Gold
Medal – Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis
singles (1900)
Medal – Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis
singles (1900)
First professional woman bullfighter –Patricia Mccormick (1952)
First man to fly solo non stop across
the Atlantic – Charles Lindbergh
(1927)
the Atlantic – Charles Lindbergh
(1927)
First person to cross Antarctic Circle –James Cook (1773)
First people to reach the North Pole –
Lt Col. Joseph O. Fletcher and Lt.
William P. Benedict (1952)
Lt Col. Joseph O. Fletcher and Lt.
William P. Benedict (1952)
First person to conquer the Everest
twice – Nawang Gombu Sherpa(1965)
twice – Nawang Gombu Sherpa(1965)
First person with only one arm to
climb the Everest – American Gary
Guller(2003)
climb the Everest – American Gary
Guller(2003)
First woman to fly solo around the
world – jerrie Fredritz Mock.(1964)
world – jerrie Fredritz Mock.(1964)
First woman to fly solo across the
English Channel – Hariiet Quimby
English Channel – Hariiet Quimby
First ascent of Everest without bottled oxygen – Peter Habeler (Austria) and Reinhold Messner, (Italy)(1978)
First woman to set foot on North Pole
– Ann Bancroft, USA (1986) Jointly
developed by Sony and Philips (1978)
– Ann Bancroft, USA (1986) Jointly
developed by Sony and Philips (1978)
First Atom Bomb – “Little Boy”
dropped over Hiroshima by the US
during the second world war (1945)
dropped over Hiroshima by the US
during the second world war (1945)
First manned space vehicle – Vostok
1,USSR (1961)
1,USSR (1961)
First human to walk on the Moon –
Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11(1969)
Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11(1969)
First human to walk in space – Alexei
Arkhovich Leonov (1965)
Arkhovich Leonov (1965)
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