|
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 |
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