First in World GK

 

First	Country / Person
Blind man to scale Mt. Everest	Erik Weihenmayer, USA
Climate-neutral country	Maldives
Country to ban human cloning	Britain
Country to ban plastic bag	Bangladesh
Country to deploy 4G in Asia	India
Country to introduce internet voting	Estonia
Country to issue stamps	Britain
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 Country to host modern Olympics	Greece
First Country to issue paper currency	China
First Country to launch Radio Telescope Satellite into space	Japan
First Country to launch satellite into space	Russia
First Country to make education compulsory	Prussia
First Country to Organize NAM Summit	Belgrade
First Country to Print Books	China
First Country to start Civil Service Competition	China
First Country to win World Cup football	Uruguay
First Cricket Club	Cricket club founded in Hambledon, England
First European to visit China	Marco Polo
First Man boxing champion	Tim Hyer, 1841
First Man chess champion	Wilhelm Steinitz, 1886
First Man heart transplant recipient	Louis Washkansky, 1967
First Man heart transplant was performed by	Dr. Christian Barnard, 1967
First Man Oscar winner for the Best Actor	Emil Jannings, 1928
First Man to climb Mt Everest	Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, 1953
First Man to compile Encyclopedia	Aspheosis
First Man to cross the Pacific Ocean in hot air balloon	Ben Abruzzo and team in the Double Eagle V
First Man to draw the map of Earth	Anexemander
First Man to Fly an aeroplan	Wright Brothers
First Man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic	Charles Lindbergh, 1927