First in the World First talkie movie in the world - “The jazz Singer” (1927) First Oscar winner for the Best Actor – Emil Jannings (1928) First Oscar winner for Best Actress - janet Gaynor, (1928) First Asian city to host Olympics - Tokyo, Japan (1964) First woman black tennis player towin a singles title at Wimbledon - A Gibson (1957) First woman to win a Grand Slam - Maureen Catherine (195 3) First Tour de France (road bicycle race) winner - Maurice Garin (1903) First recognized boxing (fisticuffs) champion -Tim Hyer (1841) World’s first chess champion - Wilhelm Steinitz (1886) First golf club in the world - Honour able Company of Edinburgh Golfers(1744) First man to run a mile under 4 minutes- Sir Roger Bannister (1954) First athlete disqualified at the Olympics for drug use - Hans-Gunnar Lijenwall Mexico summer Olympics (1968) The first cricket club - Cricket clubfounded in Hambledon, England (1750) First woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal - Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles (1900) First professional woman bullfighter- Patricia Mccormick (1952) First American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics - W Rudolph, Rome Olympics (1960) First Women’s Olympic marathon Champion - Joan Benoit, Los Angles ( 1984) First man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic - Charles Lindbergh (1927) First person to fly faster than the speed of sound - Charles Elwood Chuck Veager, he flew a Bell X-1 rocket at 670 mph in level flight (1947) First man to reach the South Pole - Roald Amun-dsen, Norwegian team (1911) First person to swim across the English Channel - Matthew Webb (1875) First person to cross Antarctic Circle - James Cook (1773) First humans to fly - Marquis d’ Arlandes&Pilatre de Rozier (1783) First balloonist to fly solo nonstop around the world - Steve Fossett, U.S. (2002)
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