First in the World General Knowledge

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