From scientific discoveries to human achievements and more, many of these groundbreaking moments have become important subjects in exams and general knowledge. This article presents a complete list of “First in the World ” events that encompass all of the significant human discoveries, inventions, and adventures throughout history.
First in the World
Event First First Radio Telescope Satellite launched into Space Japan First country to use glass Egypt and Mesopotamia First country to make map Sumeria (3800 BC) (1500 BC) First Space Ship Landed on Mars World’s Viking-I (July 1976) first Multipurpose River Valley Project First Tennessee River Valley Project (USA) Space Shuttle Launched First Columbia rocket to go near the Sun First Helius ‘B’ country to make Constitution First America country to start underground metro rail First Britain unmanned mission on Moon First LUNA-9 van to carry man on Moon Apollo – 11 First country to do Artificial Satellite Experiment Russia Country to give voting right to women New Zealand First country to appoint lokpal Sweden First country to imposed carbon tax New Zealand
First in the World (Male)
Event First First Asian to head the International Cricket Council Jagmohan Dalmiya First man to climb Mount Everest Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (29th May, 1953) First man to go into space Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR) First man to work in space Alexei Leonel (Rerssiaj) First person to give information about planets and their motion around the Sun Nicolous Copernicus First man to compile Encyclopaedia Aspheosis (Athens) First person to go on both the poles (North and South) Albert P Carey First man to reach North Pole Robert Peary First man to reach South Pole Roald Amundsen First man to climb on Mt Everset without oxygen Phu Dorji Sherpa
First in the World (Female)
Event First First woman President of a country Maria Estela Peron (Argentina) First woman in the world to cross the Strait of Gibralter Arti Pradhan (India) First woman Cosmonaut in space Valentina Tereshkova (USSR) First female to find asteroid Caroline and Derschell First woman to cross the Seven Seas Bula Choudhary First non-white female to win Nobel Prize in Literature Toni Morrison First woman to reach Antarctica Caroline Mikkelsen First woman to have a space-walk Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya