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ask this question. So, I've decided to put some general knowledge
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No. |
Field |
Name |
Year |
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01 |
Man to reach South Pole |
Ronald Amundson (Norway) |
1911 |
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02 |
Man to reach North Pole |
Robert E Peary |
1909 |
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03 |
Woman to reach North Pole |
Karoline Mikkelsen |
1935 |
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04 |
Woman to reach South |
Fran Phipps (Canada) |
1971 |
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05 |
First Man to go in space |
Yuri Gagrin (former USSR) |
1961 |
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06 |
Man to set foot on the moon |
Neil Alden Armstrong (USA) |
1969 |
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07 |
Man to walk in space |
Alexei Leonov (former USSR) |
1965 |
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08 |
Woman cosmonaut in space |
Valentina Tereshkova (former USSR) |
1963 |
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09 |
Men to climb Mt Everest |
Tenzmg Norgay (India) and Edmund Hillary (ISA) |
1953 |
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10 |
Woman t climb Mt Everest |
Junko Taibei (Japan) |
1975 |
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11 |
Man to sail round the world |
Ferdinand Magellan (Portugal) |
1480-1521 |
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12 |
Polar circumnavigation |
Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Charles Burton (Britain) |
1979-82 |
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13 |
President of Chinese Republic |
Dr Sun Yat-Sen |
1921-25 |
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14 |
Chairman of People's Republic of China |
Mao Tse-Tung |
1949-76 |
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15 |
President of USA |
George Washigton |
1789 |
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16 |
Prime Minister of England |
Sir Robert Walpole |
1721-42 |
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17 |
Lady Prime Minister of a Country |
Srimavo Bhandarnaike (Sri Lanka) |
1970-77 |
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18 |
Lady Prime Minister of England |
Mrs. Margaret Thatcher |
1979-90 |
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19 |
Foreign invader of India |
Alexander the Great |
326 BC |
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20 |
Chinese traveller to India |
Fa-hien |
405-11 |
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21 |
Woman Bishop |
Rev Barbara C Harris (USA) |
1988 |
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22 |
Lady President of a Country |
Maria Estate Pew (Argentina) |
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