First in the World: - Men,Women

1. First man in space --Yuri Gagarin-- USSR

2. First man to reach the North Pole-- Robert Peary-- USA

3. First man to scale Mt Everest --Edmund Hillary--New Zealand

4. First man to reach the South Pole-- Roald Amundsen---Norway

5. First man to circumnavigate the world-- Enrique, Magellan's slave ---Malay

6. First man to land on the moon--Neil Armstrong-- USA

7. First Secretary General of the United Nations-- Trygve Lie-- Norway

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First in the World

1. First woman in space---Valentina Tereshkova---USSR

2. First woman to cross the Atlantic in a solo flight--- Amelia Earhart ----USA

3. First woman to scale Mt Everest---Junko Tabei---- Japan

4. First woman to win an Olympic gold----Charlotte Cooper----England

5. First woman Prime Minister in the world---Sirimavo Bandaranaike----Sri Lanka

6. First American woman in space---Sally Ride---USA