Historical Firsts

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Memorize these and recognize 13.2% of all Historical Firsts clues.

1 Niagara Falls 6x

2 nylon 3x

3 Miss America 3x

4 basketball 3x

5 a Christmas tree 3x

6 United Nations 3x

7 Singer 3x

8 carbon paper 3x

9 the William Tell Overture 2x

10 the Titanic 2x

11 the Pony Express 2x

12 the crow's nest 2x

13 the Book of the Month club 2x

14 Texas 2x

15 stamps 2x

16 St. Petersburg 2x

17 St. Patrick's Day 2x

18 San Francisco 2x

19 Philadelphia 2x

20 Ohio 2x

21 New Jersey 2x

22 Nevada 2x

23 Julius Caesar 2x

24 instant replay 2x

25 Information Please 2x

26 Holy Roman Emperor 2x

27 Ferdinand Magellan 2x

28 Ellis Island 2x

29 Diners Club 2x

30 Christopher Columbus 2x

31 Antarctica 2x

32 a motel 2x

33 a crossword puzzle 2x

34 the telephone 2x

35 the first Thanksgiving 2x

36 signing the Declaration of Independence 2x

37 Sidney Poitier 2x

38 Richard Nixon 2x

Sample Clues

The 1st railway suspension bridge was completed over the gorge near these U.S.-Canadian falls in 1855

Niagara Falls

The first stockings made of this fiber went on sale in the U.S. in 1940

nylon

This title was 1st bestowed September 7, 1921 on Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C.

Miss America

In 1891 the first game of this sport was played in Springfield, Massachusetts

basketball

This was lit at the White House for the first time in 1923; it's now a tradition

a Christmas tree

Sub-Areas

Other 485

Niagara Falls (6) a Christmas tree (3) Miss America (3) basketball (3) Bell Telephone (3) carbon paper (3) nylon (3) Singer (3) United Nations (3) Sidney Poitier (2)

Ancient 19

Julius Caesar (2) Holy Roman Emperor (2) April Fools' Day (1) Rome (1) checkers (1) Charlie Chaplin (1) Herodotus (1) the Olympics (1) a wedding ring (1) a wheel (1)

Colonial / Exploration 10

Ferdinand Magellan (2) Christopher Columbus (2) Hong Kong (1) 1992 (the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage there) (1) Christmas Island (1) the Northwest Passage (1) the Pilgrims (1) Plymouth, Massachusetts (1)

Revolutionary Era 7

signing the Declaration of Independence (2) the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) (1) 13 (1) the Continental Congress (1) St. Petersburg (1) United States (1)

Cold War 5

Yuri Gagarin (2) steel (1) Haiphong (1) John Birch (1)

Modern (post-1990) 5

Barack Obama (1) Defense (1) Afghanistan (1) Henry Hudson (1) Abraham Lincoln (1)

World War I 4

the draft (1) Woodrow Wilson (1) Dupont (1) World War I (1)

Medieval 3

the British Museum (1) Charlemagne (1) Jenny Lind (1)

World War II 3

Pearl Harbor (1) Chaplin & Hitler (1) the Kentucky Derby (1)

Civil War 2

Richmond (1) the Sherman Act (1)