There are several remarkable achievements in the world that have influenced history and changed how we live now.

These events, which range from ground-breaking discoveries to noteworthy turning points, indicate the beginning of something amazing and provide the groundwork for future advancement.

We’ll travel through time to discover 20 incredible things that were the first in the world and the first of their kind ever.

1. The First Domain Name – The first ever domain name that was registered on the internet was symbolics.com. It was registered on Friday, March 15th, 1985, which makes it 39 years old today.

2. First Ever International Cricket Match – The first international cricket game was played between the US and Canada in 1844. The match was played at the grounds of the St George’s Cricket Club in New York.

3. First Ever Motor Car – In July 1886 the newspapers reported on the first public outing of the three-wheeled Benz Patent Motor Car, model no. 1

4. First Ever Mobile Phone – The first handheld cellular mobile phone was demonstrated by Motorola in 1973, using a handset weighing 2 kilograms (4.4 lb).

5. First Ever YouTube Video – “Me at the zoo” is a 19-second YouTube video uploaded by Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of YouTube on April 23, 2005. It is considered the first video uploaded to the platform.

6. First Ever Video Game – On October 18, 1958, “Tennis for Two” was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s annual visitors days. This game was created by William Higinbotham.

7. First Ever Photograph – Nicéphore Niépce created the first lasting photograph of a camera image in 1826 using a sliding wooden box camera manufactured in Paris by Charles and Vincent Chevalier. The view outside Niépce’s window is captured in the image he managed to take.

8. The first crowdfunded movie – Indian film director Shyam Benegal’s “Manthan” was the first movie entirely produced through collective donations from 500,000 farmers, inspiring the production of several crowdfunded Indian movies.

9. First Ever Camera – Alphonse Giroux developed the first commercial photographic camera in 1839. It was a daguerreotype camera. It costed 400 francs.

10. First Ever Selfie – In 1839, Robert Cornelius captured the first selfie using a daguerreotype technique, sitting for three to 15 minutes to allow exposure time. The photograph, titled “The first light Picture ever taken,” was taken in Philadelphia.

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11. First Ever Movie Made – In 1888, Le Prince a French artist and inventor produced a few short films (the first of their kind). This movie was very short, like as in two seconds short. The name of this iconic film was Roundhay Garden Scene.

12. First Ever Photo of the Earth – The first ever real Earth images from space were taken on October 24, 1946. These photos were published in 1950.

13. The First Religion of the World – Hinduism is the oldest continually practiced major world religion. We know this from the date of the written Rigveda being approximately 3500 years old.

14. First Barbie Doll in the World – On March 9, 1959, the first Barbie doll was released in both blonde and brunette varieties. The first Barbie doll, which came in blonde and brunette varieties, had a distinctive topknot ponytail and a bikini with black and white zebra stripes.

15. First Person to fly Airplane – The first humans to fly an aeroplane were the Orville and Wilbur Wright Brothers. The first aircraft flight was on December 17, 1903.

16. First Person in Space – The first man to fly into space was Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961.

17. First Ever Artificial Satellite – The first artificial satellite to orbit Earth was Sputnik 1. It was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957

18. First Person to Walk on the Moon – As a member of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. The second person to walk on the moon was Buzz Aldrin.

19. First Ever Mordern Olympics – Greece, especially the city of Athens, hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, making it the first nation to host the event.

20. First Ever Printed Books – China was the first nation to print books. Dating back to 868 CE, the Diamond Sutra is a Buddhist text from Dunhuang, China, and is the oldest known printed book.

There are so many things, events and moments that are considered as first ever in the world. 

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