* First Country in World to abolish
Slavery : Spain
* First Country in World to abolish
Death Penalty (or
Capital Punishment) :Venezuela
* First Country in World to legalize
Same-Sex
marriage : Netherlands
* First Country in World to issue
Paper Currency :china (by Song
Dynasty)
* First Country in World to issue
Postal Stamp : Britain (the stamp
name is "Penny Black")
* First Country in World to develop
Hydro-electricity : Norway
* First Country in World to let
Right to Vote for Women :
Newzealand
* First Country in World to
introduce VAT(Value
Added tax) : France in 1954
* First Country in World to impose
Carbon Tax : Finland in 1990
* First Country in World to be
Democratic : Athens of Greece
* First Country in World to
experience Industrial
Revolution : Britain
* First Country in World to have an
official National
Flag : Denmark (soit has oldest
Flag)
* First Country in World to launch
3G Technology :Japan
* First Country in World to initiate
Family Planning
Policy : India
* First Country in World to initiate
Railways : Britain
* First Country in World to launch
artificial Satellite into Earth's
orbit : USSR or Soviet Russia in
1957(Satellite's name is
Sputnik-1)
SPORTS :
* First Country in World to host
Olympics : Athens of
Greece in 1896 (the first olympics
is summer
olympics)
* First Country in World to host
Winter Olympics :Francein 1924
* First Country in World to host
Summer Paralympics : Italy in
1960
* First Country in World to host
Winter Paralympics :
Sweden in 1976 (where
Paralympics means Olympics for
Physically Handicapped)
* First Country in World to host
Summer Youth
Olympics : Singapore in 2010
* First Country in World to host
Winter Youth
Olympics : Innsbruck of Austria in
2012
* First Country in World to won ICC
Cricket World
Cup : West Indies in 1975 (2nd is
also west-indies in 1979 and 3rd
is India in 1983)
* First Country in World to won ICC
Cricket World Cup
(Twenty 20) : India
* First Country in World to won
FIFA world Cup :
Uraguay in 1930
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