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List of firsts

This is a list of the first man/woman/animal/etc to do something.

Table of contents

1 Leaders
2 Science

2.1 Space

3 Sporting

Leaders

First Emperor of Rome: Augustus (ca. 27 BC)
First Christian Monarch of Sweden: Olof Skötkonung (995)
First President of the United States: George Washington. (1789)
First US President to reside in the White House: John Adams (1797)
First Prime Minister of Sweden: Louis De Geer (1876)
First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: Margaret Thatcher. (1979)
First black President of South Africa: Nelson Mandela. (1994)

Science

Space

First artificial satellite launched into orbit: Sputnik 1. (1957)
First animal to orbit Earth: Laika. (1957)
First spacewalk: Aleksei Leonov. (1965)
First man in space: Yuri Gagarin. (1961)
First woman in space: Valentina Tereshkova.(1963)
First human to walk on the Moon: Neil Armstrong. (1969)

Sporting

First human to run a mile under 4 minutes: Roger Bannister. (1947)

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