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xoxoxoBruce · 01-30-2007, 02:10 PM

Tougher when you have to come up with a name to match the deed or deed to match the name?

Ivan IV (the Terrible) 1547 --- 1st Tsar of Russia.

Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary) 1553 --- 1st reigning queen of England.

Sofinisba Anguissola 1559 --- 1st woman artist to gain prominence as a painter.

Virginia Dare 1587 --- 1st child born in the American colonies, on August 18th, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina.

James Cook 1773 --- 1st person to cross Antarctic Circle.

Marquis d'Arlandes & Pilatre de Rozier 1783 --- 1st humans to fly. They were airborne in a hot-air balloon for 20 minutes, in Paris, on Nov. 21.

André-Jacques Garnerin 1797 --- 1st parachute jump. Dropped from about 6,500 ft. over Monceau Park in Paris in a 23-ft.-diameter parachute made of white canvas with a basket attached (Oct. 22).

Count de Grisley 1799 --- 1st magician to perform the trick of sawing a woman in half .

Sam Patch 1829 --- 1st first known person to survive the jump off of Niagara Falls.

Queen Victoria 1837 --- 1st English monarch to live in Buckingham Palace.

Tim Hyer 1841 --- 1st recognized boxing (fisticuffs) champion.

Antoinette de Correvont 1843 --- 1st professional woman photographer. In 1843 she opened a Daguerreotype studio in Munich.

Jean François "Blondin" Gravelet 1859 --- 1st person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope.

Jules Leotard 1859 --- world's 1st flying trapeze circus act. Performed at the Cirque Napoleon in Paris, without safety nets.

Sir John Alexander McDonald 1867 --- 1st Prime Minister of Canada.

Louis De Geer 1874 --- 1st US Prime Minister of Sweden

Wilhelm Steinitz 1886 --- world's 1st chess champion.

William Kemmler 1890 --- 1st criminal to be executed by electrocution (in Auburn Prison, Auburn, N.Y., Aug. 6)

Queen Isabella of Spain 1893 --- 1st woman to appear on a US postage stamp.

Edmund Barton 1900 --- 1st Prime Minister of Australia.

Charlotte Cooper 1900 --- 1st woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal (for tennis).

Annie Taylor 1901 --- 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She was aged 64 years at the time.

Vida Goldstein 1902 --- 1st woman in the British Empire to run for a national office. She ran for the Australian Senate when women there got the right to vote in all federal elections.

Maurice Garin 1903 --- 1st Tour de France winner.

Alexander Winton 1903 --- set the 1st land speed record in car racing. Set at Daytona Beach, his speed was 68.18 mph.

May Sutton Brandy 1904 --- 1st American woman to win the ladies singles tennis championship at Wimbledon.

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1905 --- 1st "actual" British prime minister. Until the 18th century, the monarch's most senior minister could hold any of a number of titles; usually either First Lord, Lord Chancellor, Lord Privy Seal, or one of the Secretaries of State. During the late 18th Century, the term "prime minister" came to be used. In 1905, the title was officially recognized by King Edward VII.

Theodore Roosevelt 1906 --- 1st American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It was for helping mediate an end the Russo-Japanese War.

Ferenc Szisz 1906 --- Winner of the 1st Grand Prix held at Le Mans, France. The Romanian driver drove a Renault.

Thomas E. Selfridge 1908 --- 1st airplane fatality. Selfridge, a Lt.in the US Army Signal Corps, was in a group evaluating the Wright plane at Fort Myer, Va. He was up 75 ft. with Orville Wright when the propeller hit a bracing wire and was broken, throwing the plane out of control, killing Selfridge and seriously injuring Wright (Sept. 17).

Baroness Raymonde de la Roche 1910 --- 1st licensed woman pilot. (of France, who learned to fly in 1909, received ticket No. 36 on March 8.)

Roald Amundsen - Norwegian explorer 1911 --- 1st man to reach the South Pole, beating out an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.

Marie Sklodowska Curie 1911 --- 1st person ever to win two Nobel Prizes. Her first was in Physics (1903) and the second in Chemistry (1911.)

Alice Hyde 1911 --- 1st winner of the "Miss World" beauty pageant. She was 17.

Harriet Quimby 1911 --- 1st US woman pilot. (A magazine writer, got ticket No. 37, making her the second licensed female pilot in the world. She was also the 1st woman to fly across the English Channel. She flew from Dover, England and landed at Hardelot, France, in a Blériot monoplane(April 16). She was later killed in a flying accident over Dorchester Bay during a Harvard-Boston aviation meet on July 1, 1912. )

Arthur R. Eldred 1912 --- 1st boy to reach the rank of Eagle Scout -- the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America program. He was of Oceanside, NY.

Jeannette Rankin 1916 --- 1st woman elected to US congress. (Montana) Only legislator to vote against both WW I and WW II.

Rosika Schwimmer 1918 --- the world's 1st woman ambassador. She was appointed the Hungarian ambassador to Switzerland.

Margaret Gorman 1921 --- 1st Miss America. She was 16 and 30-25-32.

Henry Sullivan 1923 --- 1st American to swim across the English Channel.

Gertrude Ederle 1926 --- 1st American woman to swim the English Channel. It took her 14 hours and 39 minutes. (She broke the existing men's record.)

Al Jolson 1927 --- lead role in the 1st talking motion picture, "The Jazz Singer."

Charles Lindbergh 1927 --- 1st man to fly solo across the Atlantic.

Norma Talmadge 1927 --- 1st footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater (now Mann's Chinese Theater.)

Ellen Church 1930 --- 1st airline hostess. She served passengers flying between San Francisco, California and Cheyenne, Wyoming on United Airlines.

Jackie Mitchell - baseball pitcher 1931 --- 1st woman in organized baseball. She was signed by the Chattanooga Baseball Club at the age of 19.

Amelia Earhart 1932 --- 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman. (traveling from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Ireland in approximately 15 hours)

Marie, Cecile, Yvonne, Emilie and Annette Dionne 1934 --- 1st quintuplets to survive infancy. They were born near Callender, Ontario to Oliva and Elzire Dionne.

Horton Smith 1934 --- won the 1st Masters Golf Tournament under the magnolia trees of Augusta National in Georgia.

Lettie Pate Whitehead 1934 --- 1st American woman to serve as a director of a major corporation, The Coca-Cola Company.

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1939 --- 1st US president to speak on television. (Spoke at the opening session of the New York World's Fair on April 30, 1939.)

Glenn Miller 1941 --- Received the 1st gold record ever awarded to a recording artist.

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini 1946 --- 1st canonized American saint.

Trygve Lie - Norwegian socialist 1946 --- 1st Secretary General of United Nations.

Chuck Yeager 1947 --- 1st person to break the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound. (On October 14, 1947, he flew a Bell X-1 rocket at 670 mph in level flight.)

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Tougher when you have to come up with a name to match the deed or deed to match the name? Ivan IV (the Terrible) 1547 --- 1st Tsar of Russia. Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary) 1553 --- 1st reigning queen of England. Sofinisba Anguissola 1559 --- 1st woman artist to gain prominence as a painter. Virginia Dare 1587 --- 1st child born in the American colonies, on August 18th, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina. James Cook 1773 --- 1st person to cross Antarctic Circle. Marquis d'Arlandes & Pilatre de Rozier 1783 --- 1st humans to fly. They were airborne in a hot-air balloon for 20 minutes, in Paris, on Nov. 21. André-Jacques Garnerin 1797 --- 1st parachute jump. Dropped from about 6,500 ft. over Monceau Park in Paris in a 23-ft.-diameter parachute made of white canvas with a basket attached (Oct. 22). Count de Grisley 1799 --- 1st magician to perform the trick of sawing a woman in half . Sam Patch 1829 --- 1st first known person to survive the jump off of Niagara Falls. Queen Victoria 1837 --- 1st English monarch to live in Buckingham Palace. Tim Hyer 1841 --- 1st recognized boxing (fisticuffs) champion. Antoinette de Correvont 1843 --- 1st professional woman photographer. In 1843 she opened a Daguerreotype studio in Munich. Jean François "Blondin" Gravelet 1859 --- 1st person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Jules Leotard 1859 --- world's 1st flying trapeze circus act. Performed at the Cirque Napoleon in Paris, without safety nets. Sir John Alexander McDonald 1867 --- 1st Prime Minister of Canada. Louis De Geer 1874 --- 1st US Prime Minister of Sweden Wilhelm Steinitz 1886 --- world's 1st chess champion. William Kemmler 1890 --- 1st criminal to be executed by electrocution (in Auburn Prison, Auburn, N.Y., Aug. 6) Queen Isabella of Spain 1893 --- 1st woman to appear on a US postage stamp. Edmund Barton 1900 --- 1st Prime Minister of Australia. Charlotte Cooper 1900 --- 1st woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal (for tennis). Annie Taylor 1901 --- 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She was aged 64 years at the time. Vida Goldstein 1902 --- 1st woman in the British Empire to run for a national office. She ran for the Australian Senate when women there got the right to vote in all federal elections. Maurice Garin 1903 --- 1st Tour de France winner. Alexander Winton 1903 --- set the 1st land speed record in car racing. Set at Daytona Beach, his speed was 68.18 mph. May Sutton Brandy 1904 --- 1st American woman to win the ladies singles tennis championship at Wimbledon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1905 --- 1st "actual" British prime minister. Until the 18th century, the monarch's most senior minister could hold any of a number of titles; usually either First Lord, Lord Chancellor, Lord Privy Seal, or one of the Secretaries of State. During the late 18th Century, the term "prime minister" came to be used. In 1905, the title was officially recognized by King Edward VII. Theodore Roosevelt 1906 --- 1st American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It was for helping mediate an end the Russo-Japanese War. Ferenc Szisz 1906 --- Winner of the 1st Grand Prix held at Le Mans, France. The Romanian driver drove a Renault. Thomas E. Selfridge 1908 --- 1st airplane fatality. Selfridge, a Lt.in the US Army Signal Corps, was in a group evaluating the Wright plane at Fort Myer, Va. He was up 75 ft. with Orville Wright when the propeller hit a bracing wire and was broken, throwing the plane out of control, killing Selfridge and seriously injuring Wright (Sept. 17). Baroness Raymonde de la Roche 1910 --- 1st licensed woman pilot. (of France, who learned to fly in 1909, received ticket No. 36 on March 8.) Roald Amundsen - Norwegian explorer 1911 --- 1st man to reach the South Pole, beating out an expedition led by Robert F. Scott. Marie Sklodowska Curie 1911 --- 1st person ever to win two Nobel Prizes. Her first was in Physics (1903) and the second in Chemistry (1911.) Alice Hyde 1911 --- 1st winner of the "Miss World" beauty pageant. She was 17. Harriet Quimby 1911 --- 1st US woman pilot. (A magazine writer, got ticket No. 37, making her the second licensed female pilot in the world. She was also the 1st woman to fly across the English Channel. She flew from Dover, England and landed at Hardelot, France, in a Blériot monoplane(April 16). She was later killed in a flying accident over Dorchester Bay during a Harvard-Boston aviation meet on July 1, 1912. ) Arthur R. Eldred 1912 --- 1st boy to reach the rank of Eagle Scout -- the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America program. He was of Oceanside, NY. Jeannette Rankin 1916 --- 1st woman elected to US congress. (Montana) Only legislator to vote against both WW I and WW II. Rosika Schwimmer 1918 --- the world's 1st woman ambassador. She was appointed the Hungarian ambassador to Switzerland. Margaret Gorman 1921 --- 1st Miss America. She was 16 and 30-25-32. Henry Sullivan 1923 --- 1st American to swim across the English Channel. Gertrude Ederle 1926 --- 1st American woman to swim the English Channel. It took her 14 hours and 39 minutes. (She broke the existing men's record.) Al Jolson 1927 --- lead role in the 1st talking motion picture, "The Jazz Singer." Charles Lindbergh 1927 --- 1st man to fly solo across the Atlantic. Norma Talmadge 1927 --- 1st footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater (now Mann's Chinese Theater.) Ellen Church 1930 --- 1st airline hostess. She served passengers flying between San Francisco, California and Cheyenne, Wyoming on United Airlines. Jackie Mitchell - baseball pitcher 1931 --- 1st woman in organized baseball. She was signed by the Chattanooga Baseball Club at the age of 19. Amelia Earhart 1932 --- 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman. (traveling from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Ireland in approximately 15 hours) Marie, Cecile, Yvonne, Emilie and Annette Dionne 1934 --- 1st quintuplets to survive infancy. They were born near Callender, Ontario to Oliva and Elzire Dionne. Horton Smith 1934 --- won the 1st Masters Golf Tournament under the magnolia trees of Augusta National in Georgia. Lettie Pate Whitehead 1934 --- 1st American woman to serve as a director of a major corporation, The Coca-Cola Company. Franklin D. Roosevelt 1939 --- 1st US president to speak on television. (Spoke at the opening session of the New York World's Fair on April 30, 1939.) Glenn Miller 1941 --- Received the 1st gold record ever awarded to a recording artist. Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini 1946 --- 1st canonized American saint. Trygve Lie - Norwegian socialist 1946 --- 1st Secretary General of United Nations. Chuck Yeager 1947 --- 1st person to break the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound. (On October 14, 1947, he flew a Bell X-1 rocket at 670 mph in level flight.) __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.