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.
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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