World's first woman to travel into space

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, former Soviet cosmonaut, and member of the State Duma. She achieved a historic feat by becoming the first woman in space, flying a solo mission aboard Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. During the flight, she orbited the Earth 48 times and spent almost three days in space. At just 26 years old, she became the youngest woman to fly in space and in Earth orbit, remains the only woman to have flown a solo space mission, and is the last surviving cosmonaut of the Vostok programme.

World's First Triangle Stamp

The Cape of Good Hope designed a triangle-shaped stamp to help their citizens distinguish their stamps from those of other countries. Thus was born the first historic triangle stamp in the world. The year then was 1853. The stamp had a design of a lady sitting on top of a stone with an anchor nearby.

Surveyor General Charles Bell designed the stamp, which was printed by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co. The denomination was 1d and brick red in colour. Another triangle stamp of 4d in blur was also released the same year.

Wold's first stethoscope

René Laennec, born in 1781, was a French doctor and inventor. In 1816, he invented the very first stethoscope and made a hugely important contribution to modern medicine. He is also known as the father of clinical auscultation. But how he invented it has an interesting story!

At that time, auscultation was done by putting one’s ear against the patient’s chest, which was not only inadequate in the case of corpulent patients but also embarrassing when it came to examining female patients. When he was examining a young woman complaining of heart problems, he thought it was improper to place his ear on her chest.

He rolled a piece of paper into a tube and pressed it to her chest, and he was able to hear the heartbeats clearly – even more clearly and distinctly than he had ever been able to do by the immediate application of the ear.

He published the findings in 1819. His new instrument, made of wood, was given the name stethoscope, deriving from the Greek words stethos (chest) and skopos (examination). Laennec’s original stethoscope consisted of a hollow tube of wood that was 3.5 cm (1.4 inches) in diameter and 25 cm (10 inches) long, and it transmitted sound to only one ear.

World first FIFA hatrick

1930 FIFA World Cup records the world's first FIFA World Cup hat trick in a match held between the United States and Paraguay. The match played on July 17 at Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo ended with a win for the United States with three goals to nil. Bert Patenaude, a forward for the United States netted the three goals at 10 minutes, 15 minutes and 50 minutes of the game. United States was defeated in the semi-final by Argentina and Patenaude had a total of four goals in the tournament. 

Patenaude had to wait till 2006 to have his confirmation of his feat, 32 years after his death. The controversy of the second goal was finally approved by FIFA to Patenaude’s credit.

WORLD'S FIRST PEN DRIVE

Pen Drive or the USB Flash Drive as it is also known as is a data storage device, handy, removable and weigh less. It all started with 8 mb storage when it was officially made public in 1998 by IBM with the intention of replacing the floppy drive in its ThinkPad line of products. The first so-called flash drive was manufactured by M-systems under contract with IBM and was called the disgo.

Ajay V. Bhatt, an Indian-American computer architect developed the USB. The first USB technology began development in 1994, co-invented by Ajay Bhatt of Intel and the USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum, Inc). Compaq, IBM, DEC, Intel, Microsoft, NEC and Nortel joined hands together for the development of USB.  

He was the lead of the team which was formed by these seven companies. The other co-inventor included Sudarshan Bala Cadambi, Shelagh Callahan, Shaun Knoll and Jeff Charles Morriss (all from USA).  One day he was sick of printer plugs as they were not easy to handle and decided to invent something which would be easy to use. Hence he and his team came up with the invention of USB while working at Intel. The first specification for the USB version 1.0 was introduced in 1996

World's First Cricketer to Hit Six Sixes in a Single Over ; Garfield Sobbers

Sobbers with Nash (espncricinfo.com)

Wikipedia writes, “On 31 August 1968, Sobers became the first batsman ever to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket. The feat consisted of five clean hits for six and one six where the ball was caught but carried over the boundary by Roger Davis. Sobers was playing as captain of Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan at St. Helen's in Swansea; the unfortunate bowler was Malcolm Nash. This tally of 36 runs in an over broke a 57-year-old record of 34 runs, held by Ted Alletson. The ball was collected from a garden by 11-year-old Richard Lewis; he later gave the ball to Sobers.”

World's Fastest Movie : Sivappu Mazhai

Sivappu Mazhai is a 2010 Tamil action film written and directed by V. Krishnamurthy. Earlier referred to as Guinness Vision, the film was made in 11 days 23 hours 45 minutes, breaking the Guinness World Record. The film features the Tamil Canadian multiple Guinness World Record-holder Suresh Joachim, who produced the film, in the lead role, whilst Meera Jasmine, Vivek and Suman play other prominent roles.

World's first James Bond Movie: Dr. No

Dr. No is a 1962 British spy film, starring Sean Connery; it is the first James Bond film. Based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, it was adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely Mather and was directed by Terence Young. The film was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, a partnership that would continue until 1975.

In the film, James Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a fellow British agent. The trail leads him to the underground base of Dr. No, who is plotting to disrupt an early American manned space launch with a radio beam weapon. 

Although the first of the Bond books to be made into a film, Dr. No was produced on a low budget and was a financial success. While critical reaction was mixed upon release, over time the film has gained a reputation as one of the series' best instalments. The film was the first of a successful series of 23 Bond films. Dr. No also launched a genre of "secret agent" films that flourished in the 1960s. The film also spawned a spin-off comic book and soundtrack album as part of its promotion and marketing. (Wikipedia)