Her mouth is set firmly. On December first, nineteen fifty-five, Rosa Parks took a seat on a city bus in Montgomery,Alabama.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

In two thousand five Santa Fe was named a UNESCO Creative City -- the first American city to get that honor.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

He was first elected in 1989 to complete the term of Harold Washington, the city's first black mayor, who died in office.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Many of George Gershwin's songs were first written for musical plays performed in theaters in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

On December first, nineteen fifty-five, in the southern city of Montgomery,Alabama, a forty-two year old black woman got on a city bus.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

One of the first broadcasts came from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City in nineteen ten.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

At first I thought the city was empty. The buildings all were empty and in poor repair.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

But first, a report on a "green" project for a very famous building in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

A few months later, President Cleveland and the First Lady went to New York City for the official ceremony welcoming the Statue of Liberty.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

That poem is about our first man-made wonder -- the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

The city's urban transportation system recently launched the first of up to five hydrogen buses.

VOA: special.2009.09.07

She was the first to fly from Mexico City to New York City, without stopping.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

It was shown first at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" was first performed in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.10.25

Clara Park of New York City says she first fell in love with "Star Trek" in the late nineteen eighties by watching the "Next Generation" television series.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Her book "Some of the Days of Everett Anderson" became the first in a series of books about a young African-American boy growing up in the city.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

In 1924, Anderson sang in New York City for the first time.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

Her first concert in New York City was not successful.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

And many say the beleaguered nation is soon to have the first capital city without any clean drinking water.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Apolo Anton Ohno made his first Olympic appearance as a 19-year-old at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23