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Historic Firsts

Name the things that happened first throughout history
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Last updated: February 17, 2026
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1) Norse explorer who was the first European
to set foot in North America around 1000 AD
Leif Erikson
2) Genoese explorer who is credited for
"discovering" America, but landed in the Bahamas
Christopher Columbus
3) Portuguese explorer whose expedition was the
first to circumnavigate the globe in 1522
Ferdinand Magellan
4) Location of the first permanent English
colony in America, est. in 1607 in present day Virginia
Jamestown
5) This country was the first to establish a colony
in Brazil, claiming it for their own
Portugal
6) English settlers on this ship established
the first colony in Massachusetts in 1620
Mayflower
7) She was the first woman pilot to fly solo across the
Atlantic in 1932
Amelia Earhart
8) Brothers Orville and Wilbur were credited with
inventing the first powered ______ in Kitty Hawk, NC
Airplane
9) This physicist was the first woman to receive
the Nobel Prize
Marie Curie
10) War general who was elected first president
of the newly formed United States
George Washington
11) She was the first woman Prime Minister of the
UK, known as the Iron Lady
Margaret Thatcher
12) Famous author who was the first blind and deaf
woman to receive a Bachelors Degree
Helen Keller
13) First Black player to break the MLB color barrier
in 1947
Jackie Robinson
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14) In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and local natives
celebrated the first ________ feast
Thanksgiving
15) This famous jazz musician was the first Black woman
to win a Grammy in 1959
Ella Fitzgerald
16) This massive park was the first to be designated
a National Park in the US in 1872
Yellowstone
17) This Portuguese explorer was the first European
to reach India by sea, around the Cape of Good Hope in 1498
Vasco De Gama
18) In 1911, this Norwegian explorer was the first
person to reach the South Pole
Roald Amundsen
19) The first telescope was invented by this scientist in 1688
Issac Newton
20) Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovered this as
the first antibiotic in 1928
Penicillin
21) In 1896 Athens Greece held the first modern version
of these famous games
Olympics
22) Johannes Gutenberg invents the first ______ _____,
which revolutionizes mass book production in 1440
Printing Press
23) This astronaut was the first to set foot on the moon,
declaring it as a giant leap for mankind
Neil Armstrong
24) She became the first queen of England, reigning from
1553-1558
Mary
25) First place to develop an early form of Democracy in
the 5th century BC
Athens
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