First person to cross the English Channel by air
First person to run a mile in under 4 minutes
First person to make a telephone call
First Dr to perform a successful heart transplant
First test tube baby's name
First person to reach the summit of Mt Everest
First person to die in crash of a powered airplane
First Olympic champion in the modern era
First person to 'walk' in space
First recipient of a pacemaker
Arne Larsson (Sweden)
James Connolly (USA)
Louis Bleriot (France)
Thomas Selfridge (USA)
Louise Brown (Britain)
Christiaan Barnard (South Africa)
Edmund Hillary (New Zealand)
Alexei Leonov (USSR)
Roger Bannister (Britain)
Alexander Graham Bell (USA)