It was the first time a presidential election was held on the same day in all parts of the country.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

More than one million people attended events in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland during the first International Women's Day.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Organizers said the two-hour broadcast raised more than fifty-seven million dollars in the first day through telephone, online and text.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

It was designed and completed in about a year and opened on the first day of the World's Fair.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

The hard work of this grassroots effort resulted in the first Earth Day on April twenty-second, nineteen seventy.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

National Woman's Day was first celebrated in the United States on February twenty eighth, nineteen hundred and nine.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

He spoke on the first day of classes at a high school in Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

In nineteen fifty-three, the first lady persuaded Congress to declare a National Teacher Day.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

This is what it said: I,Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and commander in chief of the Army and Navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

It was the first day of trading since state-owned Dubai World asked for a six-month delay in repaying its debts.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Some polling stations stayed open late Friday on the first day of the balloting because voters were still in line at closing time.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

It was a big turnout, as Eastern Orthodox and Western Churches celebrated Easter on the same day for the first time in years.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

In the middle, Ryan starts pulling up his first line of lobster traps for the day.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The upsurge in violence came a day before the first anniversary of the Gaza War,in which more than 1,100 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Astronauts began their first full day in space by inspecting the heat shield to ensure the shuttle is safe to return to Earth in two weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

The reported advances near the Afghan border come a day after army officials took journalists into the region for the first time since the operation started in mid-October.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, Monday is the first day of Winter, which seems a good time to check out a website that's all about the snow.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

Their first day in London was one of introductions, bilateral meetings, a reception at the royal palace with Queen Elizabeth and dinner at Number 10 Downing Street, the official residence of British prime ministers.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

The crowds of Christian pilgrims are especially large because for the first time in years, the Eastern Orthodox and Western Churches are marking Easter - the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus - at the same time.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01