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	List of firsts : List of Firsts
		First President of the United States: George Washington.
		First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: Margaret Thatcher.
		First human to walk on the Moon: Neil Armstrong.
	www.fastload.org /li/List_of_Firsts.html (133 words)

	List of firsts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		First person to be exonerated by the process of DNA fingerprinting: Richard Buckland.
		First confirmation of an active volcanic eruption occurring on a seamount: by scientists at the University of Hawai‘i on Lo‘ihi in 1996
		First victim of the punishment of hanging, drawing and quartering: Dafydd ap Gruffydd.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_firsts (1167 words)

	Restatement of History of Islam and Muslims
		The first man to be killed in the precincts of the Kaaba was Al-Harith ibn Abi Hala, the nephew and adopted son of Khadija, the wife of Muhammad.
		The first governor of Medina was Saad ibn Ubada Ansari.
		Akib ibn Usaid was the first governor of Makkah.
	al-islam.org /restatement/71.htm (1137 words)

	Wisconsin Firsts
		Wisconsin was the first state to require doctors and persons treating the sick to complete training in the basic sciences of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and diagnosis (1925).
		Wisconsin was the first state to prohibit the use of race or national origin as factors in hiring teachers (1933).
		The nation's first large-scale demonstration of soil and water conservation was established in Wisconsin in 1933.
	www.legis.state.wi.us /senate/scc/kids/interest.htm (711 words)

	List of firsts Information
		First victim of the punishment of hanging, drawing and quartering: Dafydd ap Gruffydd.
		First Winter ascent is by Krzysztof Wielicki of Poland (17 February 1980)
		First confirmation of an active volcanic eruption occurring on a seamount: by scientists at the University of Hawai‘i on Lo‘ihi in 1996
	www.bookrags.com /List_of_firsts (1348 words)

	Communications satellite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first satellite to relay communications was Project SCORE in 1958, which used a tape recorder to store and forward voice messages.
		Additionally, it was the first satellite used by broadcast TV networks in the United States, like ABC, NBC, and CBS, to distribute their programming to all of their local affiliate stations.
		The first satellite of Molniya series was launched on April 23, 1965 and was used for experimental transmission of TV signal from Moscow uplink station to downlink stations, located in Russian Far East, in Khabarovsk, Magadan and Vladivostok.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Communications_satellite (2506 words)

	List of firsts: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Olav bjaaland (5 march 1873-1961) was a norwegian ski champion, and one of the first five to reach the south pole on the expedition of roald amundsen...
		First man in space: Yuri Gagarin[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject].
		First woman to perform a space walk: Svetlana Savitskaya[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject].
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_firsts.htm (3969 words)

	List of firsts in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of firsts in India.
		He was also the first Asian to get the prize.
		City to have electricity: Bangalore, in 1906 (it was in fact the first city in Asia to have electricity)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_firsts_in_India (521 words)

	Sheep clone tops list of year's firsts in science
		Heading the list as "Science's 1997 Breakthrough of the Year" is Dolly, the world's first cloned adult mammal.
		Synchrotron light: 1997 was a banner year for a new generation of stadium-sized machines known as synchrotrons, which produce the brightest beams of light yet possible and which can illuminate the structural secrets of matter down to the level of atoms.
		First discovered in 1991, in 1997 the tubes were tested, tweaked and filled with a variety of substances.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/12/19/wsci19.html (1069 words)

	About St. Mary's Hospital--History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Hospital was the first in the area to install a cardiac monitor in order to observe a patient's heart rhythm.
		Mary's was the first area hospital to have an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for close observation of critical and potentially critical patients.
		The first CAT Scan (CT) prototype was introduced to the world in 1974, and St. Mary's purchased one soon after.
	www.stmaryshospital.org /about/about_history.html (830 words)

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		She has a long list of firsts such as the first reports on campus sexual harassment, gang rape, campus peer harassment, and the chilly climate for women, including the first report on how men and women are treated differently in the classroom.
		She was the first person appointed to a Congressional committee staff to work specifically on women’s issues and the first person to testify before a Congressional committee about discrimination against women in education.
		First director of the first national project examining discrimination against women (1971), the Project on the Status and Education of Women at the Association of American Colleges and Universities where she published more than one hundred reports, many of which were the first to be written on particular subjects.
	bernicesandler.com /id2_m.htm (3964 words)

	growabrain: First Ever Archives
		The world's first practical light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison in 1879, and a mere three years later in 1882 an associate of his, one Edward Johnson, electrically lit a Christmas tree for the first time.
		First Library (from 2000 years ago) discovered last month.
		First ascent of Mount Everest - 1953 (from "Portage")
	growabrain.typepad.com /growabrain/first_ever (1782 words)

	all things William: A List of Firsts
		He was also the first person to use the terms electric force, magnetic pole, and electric attraction; and was the first to explain the magnetic compass.
		The first known artificial refrigeration was demonstrated by Scottish scientist William Cullen in a laboratory performance at the University of Glasgow in 1748, when he observed that the evaporation of ethyl ether into a vacuum is accompanied by a fall in temperature.
		The battle is recorded as the first land engagement of American troops outside the American continent, America's first covert operation abroad, and is commemorated in the first verse of the Marines' Hymn: "to the shores of Tripoli".
	www.allthingswilliam.com /willynilly/firsts.html (8844 words)

	The White House Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		1912 - Juliette Low was the founder and first president of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. 1916 - Jeannette Rankin of Montana was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
		1933 - Ruth Bran Owen was the first woman foreign diplomat for the U.S. 1933- Frances Perkins became the first woman appointed to a cabinet position, serving as Secretary of Labor under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
		Commander Rosemary Mariner was the first woman to assume command of an aviation squadron.
	www.thewhitehouseproject.org /know_facts/women_firsts.html (934 words)

	Ohio Heart List of Firsts
		Listed below are examples of the types of treatments and technologies that Ohio Heart and Vascular physicians were the first to utilize.
		In addition to many “firsts”, Ohio Heart and Vascular physicians and surgeons also maintain their expertise and skill by performing high numbers of procedures.
		There are many scientific studies demonstrating the benefit to patients in the form of lower complications and better outcomes when their procedures are performed by “high volume” operators.
	www.ohioheartandvascular.com /welcome/firsts.php (453 words)

	World Cup Football firsts
		The first country to be eliminated by toss of coin in qualifying round was Spain which lost to Turkey on toss after a 2:2 tie in a play-off match on 17 March 1954.
		The first match decided with a penalty shoot-out was the semi-final between West Germany and France on 8 July, 1982, in which the Germans won the shootout 5:4.
		The first goalkeeper to be sent-off was Gianluca Pagliuca of Italy in a match against Norway on 23 June 1994.
	www.topendsports.com /events/worldcupsoccer/firsts.htm (1112 words)

	Cárdenas, Cuba - Primicias (English)
		The first railroad in Matanzas Province and the second in all the Spanish colonies, (June 24, 1840), having been inaugurated two years after the one from Havana to Bejucal.
		The first mausoleum in Cuba for the remains of heroes of the war of independence against Spain (1899).
		First "Pro-Streets Committee" in Cuba (1939): A civic association whose purpose was the improvement of the physical plant and traffic flow of the city's streets;
	www.delafe.com /cardenas/primie.htm (635 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		First President not elected as either President or Vice President: Gerald Ford, appointed Vice President (1973) under the terms of the 25th Amendment, succeeded to the Presidency on the resignation of Richard Nixon (1974)
		First surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean on skis: Polar Bridge expedition, 1988, the Soviet-Canadian transpolar ski expedition that crossed 1800 kilometres of Arctic Ocean from Northern Siberia to Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve in Canada, via the North Pole.
		First soccer World Cup final match to be decided by a penalty shootout: 1994 final between Brazil and Italy, at Pasadena, California (a penalty score of 3-2 respectively).
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=List_of_firsts (3200 words)

	List of firsts - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		First expedition to the (geographic) North Pole: Robert Edwin Peary and his employee Matthew Henson and four Inuit men Ootah, Seegloo, Egingway, and Ooqueah.
		First The first ascent of the West Ridge on May 22, 1963 Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein.
		First Winter ascent is by Krzysztof Wielicki of Poland on the 17th February 1980
	www.music.us /education/L/List-of-firsts.htm (1021 words)

	CAIN: Violence: List of Significant Violent Incidents
		There is some dispute about one or two of the incidents, for example the first person to die as a result of the current troubles, but the basic facts as outlined below are agreed by most commentators on ‘the Troubles’.
		John Gallagher is recorded, by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), as the first 'official' victim of 'the Troubles'.
		Gerald McAuley (aged 15), a member of Fianna Éireann, the youth section of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), was shot dead by Loyalists during street disturbances in the Lower Falls area of Belfast.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /issues/violence/majinc.htm (1015 words)

	About the United Church of Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lemuel Haynes is the first African American ordained by a Protestant denomination.
		Antoinette Brown is the first woman since New Testament times ordained as a Christian minister, and perhaps the first woman in history elected to serve a Christian congregation as pastor.
		Congregationalist Washington Gladden is one of the first leaders of the Social Gospel movement—which takes literally the commandment of Jesus to "love your neighbor as yourself." Social Gospel preachers denounce injustice and the exploitation of the poor.
	www.ucc.org /aboutus/firsts.htm (1302 words)

	Military Women "Firsts" Contributed by Site Visitors
		She was the first woman to retire from the Air Force with 30 years of "all Air Force" time (others started as WAC's).
		She was the first female President of a major veterans organization (TREA) she served two terms, and is still the current president of "WAF Reunion".
		In the summer of 1995, the first female AW graduated from FASOTRAGRUPAC AntiSubmarine Warfare school and then reported to VS-41 (Seacontrol Squadron 41) where she was the first female naval-aircrew to earn her wings.
	coelacanth.aug.com /captbarb/firsts2.html (2527 words)

	First Ladies' Curriculum: A List of "Firsts" in Sports
		The first Princeton University baseball game ever played (against Williams College) occurred in 1864, the year that Frances Folsom Cleveland was born.
		Menâs Lacrosse began in 1882, and the first wrestling match took place in 1905.Â When she and Presidetn Cleveland left office in 1897, they moved to Princeton, New Jersey.Â It is more than likely that Mrs.
		The purpose of this lesson is offer students the opportunity to do selective research by looking for records of âfirstsâ in a wide variety of sports.Â Students will then work together to create games based on their research.
	www.firstladies.org /curriculum/curriculum.aspx?Curriculum=1410 (341 words)

	Scott Michaud's List of Maine Firsts
		(Thus establishing the first line of credit in the New World as well....) When they were finished trading, Verrazzano writes that they "showed their buttocks and laughed immoderately..." in other words, they mooned the Europeans.
		The first saw mill in America is built on the Piscataqua River.
		Margaret Chase Smith is elected as the first woman to the U.S. Senate.
	www.members.tripod.com /~Scott_Michaud/Maine-firsts.html (369 words)

	Marbury v. Madison
		The decision was the first by the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional and void an act passed by Congress that the Court considered in violation of the Constitution.
		Madison was the first instance in which a law passed by Congress was declared...
		Firsts in America - This selection is based on our editorial judgment.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0831715.html (239 words)

	Mary Hare History - Firsts
		• MHGS First parish councillor: Colin Robb (1950) is the first MHGS old pupil to be co-opted onto the local Parish Council, and immediately be nominated as the chairman of the Freckleton Parish Plan Committee, Lancs, (a separate organisation to determine the future of the village) and the Freckleton Parish Council Communications Committee in 2003.
		• MHGS First from Republic of Ireland: Emma Poynton (1985) the first pupil from the Republic of Ireland.
		• MHGS First from Belgium: Emlyn Burton (1996) was the first MHGS from Belgium.
	www.maryharehistory.org.uk /articles/firsts.html (2927 words)

	Boeing: Commercial Airplanes -- 767 Background
		First, and still the only, common pilot type rating, which is shared with the Boeing 757
		First to use brakes made of carbon fiber
		First large commercial airplane to use efficiency-enhancing "raked" wingtips
	www.boeing.com /commercial/767family/back/back4.html (154 words)

	The Daily Californian
		Last year was one of firsts for the Cal lacrosse team.
		And it was the first time the team had won a league championship after appearing in four straight title games.
		Her 41 goals in the 2004 campaign led the Bears for the second consecutive season, and her 45 points were second highest on the team.
	www.dailycal.org /article.php?id=17276 (622 words)

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