In 1945, Nicaragua became the first nation to formally accept the United Nations Charter.
America was the first nation on Earth to comprehensively declare equality for its citizens with disabilities.
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We were the first nation in the world to have compulsory public education.
In the 1500s, Germany became the first nation to associate evergreens, trees that stay green year-round, with the Christian celebration.
This irony is that Britain, where this brouhaha started, was the first nation to encourage industrialisation in the 19th century.
Indeed, it was the first nation to formally recognize the American republic.
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Canada was the first nation to pass legislation requiring a graphic health warning in 2001 -- 41 nations have since followed suit.
Japan wants to be the first nation in the G-7 to issue a sovereign sukuk bond--that is, if Britain doesn't get there first.
Brasil reports that the country will receive 50 test laptops from OLPC, making it the first nation to have actual, live, working models.
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Why did we listen to environmental activists and become the first nation in human history to burn up its food supply to power automobiles?
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Once JFK announced to the world that America would be the first nation to put a man on the moon, there was no turning back.
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Iceland is getting closer to becoming the first nation to go bankrupt as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis and resulting squeeze on lending.
The Maldives, a string of islands off the coast of India whose highest point above sea level is eight feet, may be the first nation to drown.
Under Sebes, also of Jewish descent, Hungary became the first nation to defeat England on its home soil, winning 6-3 in 1953 before reaching the World Cup final the following year.
And Wilkinson stunned the crowd with a trademark left-foot drop-goal in the 77th minute as England repeated their 2003 semifinal victory against the French and earned the chance to become the first nation to retain the title.
"By September next year, we will become the first nation using 100%-renewable energy, and number one in percentage greenhouse gas reduction in the Pacific and elsewhere, " Foua Toloa told a meeting on the fringes of the UN climate conference.
Indeed, the United States could have been the first nation to successfully launch a man into space, except that while it chose to conduct those last extra safety tests, the Soviet Union sent Yuri Gagarin into orbit and the history books.
Cyprus may be the fourth eurozone country to request a bailout from international creditors -- after Ireland, Portugal and Greece -- but it is the first nation where politicians have attempted to force taxpayers into handing over their personal savings to rescue the banks.
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However, the Pumas' limited match plan of swamping the opposition with deep kicks and relentless forward play finally came unstuck against a South Africa side who go into next weekend's final as favorites to stop England's bid to become the first nation to retain the title.
In a stunning upset Sunday, Spain was sent home from the Olympics with a 1-0 loss to Honduras, eliminating one of the gold-medal favorites at the group stage and ending Spain's bid to become the first nation to hold the World Cup, European and Olympic soccer titles at the same time.
The three passengers were members of the Ahousaht First Nation and the reservation they lived on doesn't permit alcohol.
None of these problems is unique to the UK. But Britain happens to be the first Western nation to host the Games since the credit crunch, so it is we who are also the first to be tested.
The bulk of the Spanish team wasn't even alive the last time that happened more than 30 years ago, at the 1982 World Cup, when it lost to West Germany (2-1) and then limped out of the tournament following a 0-0 draw with England, becoming the first host nation ever to bow out of soccer's biggest showcase in the first round.
On 24 October it became the first Western nation to go to the IMF for support since 1976.
By then, Britain's economy had slumped so badly that it had become the first developed nation to go to the International Monetary Fund for support.
South Africa became the first African nation to be awarded the World Cup in 2004 but Adamu has suggested that the teams did not take advantage of the notice period.
Tonight, the crowd has witnessed a spectacle of wild energy, but not yet the dance that the Siksika First Nation is most famous for: the Chicken Dance.
The new measures mean that Cyprus is the first eurozone nation to impose capital controls - the absence of which is a fundamental reason behind the monetary union of the 17 members of the euro bloc - since the debt crisis began.
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Uganda becomes the first African nation to have a team qualify for the Little League World Series.
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The Indiana State Fair has become the first in the nation to ban trans fat cooking oil.
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