He is the first person to be tried on piracy charges in the United States in more than one hundred years.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Monsanto expects to be ready in 4 years to market its first corn seeds genetically engineered to resist drought.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

The study is said to be the first to examine in detail measurements of bone strength instead of bone density.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

In nineteen seventy-three, Ashe was the first black player to be invited to compete in the South African Open.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

Monsanto expects to be ready in a few years to market its first corn seeds genetically engineered to resist drought.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

It would be the first of seven trips that she would make to the area in the next forty-seven years.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

For the first time, Americans will be required to have health insurance or face a yearly fine starting in four years.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

The Queen of Soul was the first woman to be honored in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

Soon after his death, Roberto Clemente became the first Latino player to be included in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

But he was also right that it would be the first step toward ending slavery in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

There are worries that the crisis could be the first of more to come in other parts of the world.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

Marie Curie became the first person to be awarded a second Nobel Prize in nineteen eleven, this time in chemistry.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

The first shooting incident by a person who could be considered a professional gunman took place in Texas in eighteen fifty-four.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

It declared that slaves would be free anywhere that was still in rebellion on January first, eighteen sixty-three.

VOA: special.2010.05.10