London has become the first region where white British people have become a minority.
Nevada has become the first US state to allow residents to play poker online for money.
Fatboy Slim has become the first DJ to "play" at the Houses of Parliament.
The Indiana State Fair has become the first in the nation to ban trans fat cooking oil.
The SNP's Christine Grahame has become the first politician to put her name forward for the position.
Author Tan Twan Eng has become the first Malaysian author to win the Man Asian Literary Prize.
The Witch Is Dead has become the first sub-60 second single to ever make the top 10.
Singer-songwriter Tom Odell has become the first male artist to win the Brit Awards' critics' choice prize.
Tokelau has become the first territory able to meet all its electricity needs with solar power, officials say.
Palin's firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan has become the first serious controversy during her term in office.
Sir Cliff Richard has become the first patron of a Bath-based charity which helps elderly people get into music.
Film-maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has become the first Pakistani to win an Oscar nomination for best documentary in the short subject category.
The Sun has become the first British newspaper to publish the photos of a naked Prince Harry taken in Las Vegas.
Enter the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, which has become the first authority to pass hard-and-fast rules for liquidity since the crisis.
Amazon has become the first Western technology firm to offer paid-for Android apps in China - beating Google to the lucrative market.
The Charity Shield has become the first club match in British football to be played under the complete cover of a roof.
Susan Musukuma has become the first journalist to ask local Zambia researchers about their HIV vaccine programme, which is about to begin.
Ninewells Hospital in Dundee has become the first treatment centre in Scotland to offer a potentially life-saving new treatment for bowel cancer patients.
Senator John Sununu has become the first Republican to join some of his Democratic colleagues in calling for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign.
It has become the first eurozone member country to bring in capital controls to prevent a torrent of money leaving the island and credit institutions collapsing.
Cyprus has become the first eurozone member country to bring in capital controls to prevent a torrent of money leaving the island and credit institutions collapsing.
Google's driverless cars have clocked up more than 250, 000 miles in America, and Nevada has become the first state to regulate such trials on public roads.
In France, reusable bags now account for half of the market, and San Francisco has become the first U.S. city to adopt a ban on disposable bags.
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But Paul Robinson has taken it one stage further and has become the first to trumpet the credentials of his club manager at Tottenham - Martin Jol.
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Mr Bush has become the first American president to visit Lithuania, which along with its Baltic neighbours Latvia and Estonia won independence in 1991 after half a century of Soviet occupation.
Eighteen years later the club has become the first dual-code rugby partnership with Leeds Rhinos under the umbrella of Leeds Rugby, won the Powergen Cup and played in the Heineken Cup.
Thirty two years on he has become the first manager since that tie to lead them to the same stage of the competition, four qualifying round victories earning a visit to Stockport.
Russia has become the first country to get its hands on one of the world's most closely guarded corporate secrets -- Microsoft Corp's blueprint for its computer programmes, the software giant said on Monday.
Cyprus needs to raise 5.8bn euros to qualify for the bailout, and has become the first eurozone member country to bring in capital controls to prevent a torrent of money leaving the island and credit institutions collapsing.
The most influential songwriter of his time has become the first rock star voted into the elite, century-old American Academy of Arts and Letters, where artists range from Philip Roth to Jasper Johns and categories include music, literature and visual arts.
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