1.
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Chairman of Peoples
Republic of China
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Mao-Tse-Tung
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2.
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President of the Chinese
Republic
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Dr. Sun Yat Sen
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3.
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President of U.S.A
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George Washington
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4.
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Chinese Traveller to India
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Fahein
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5.
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Foreign Invader to India
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Alexander the Great
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6.
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Person to reach South Pole
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Amundsen
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7.
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Person to reach North Pole
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Robert Pearey
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8.
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Person in Space
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Yuri Gagarin
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9.
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Person on Moon
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Neil Armstrong
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10.
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Lady to climb Mount Everest
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Junko Taibei
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11.
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European to visit China
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Marco Polo
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12.
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Place where atom bomb was dropped
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Hiroshima
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13.
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Man to walk in Space
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Alexei Leonov
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14.
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Woman cosmonaut in Space
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Valentina Tereshkova
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15.
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Woman Prime Minister of a country
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Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike
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16.
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Woman President of a country
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Maria Estela Peron
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17.
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Woman to Command a Space Mission
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Colonel Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)
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18.
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The first residents of International Space station
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Bill Shepherd (USA),
Yuri Gidzanko
and Sergei Krikalev (Russia)
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19.
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The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest
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Erik Weihenmayer
(USA, May 25, 2001)
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20.
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The first Muslim woman to become the Secretary General of
Amnesty International
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lrine Zubeida Khan
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21.
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The first space astronaut to go into space seven times till
date
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Jerry Ross (U.S.A.)
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22.
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The first South African to become the second space tourist
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Mark Shuttleworth
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23.
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The first woman Prime Minister of South Korea
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Ms. Chang Sang
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24.
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The first youngest grandmaster of the world in chess
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Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)
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25.
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The first adventurer flying successfully across the English
Channel without aircraft
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Felix Baumgartner (July 2003)
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26.
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China's first man in space
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Yang Liwei
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27.
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The first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize
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Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)
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28.
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The woman with the highest individual Test score making a
new world record
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Kiran Baloch (Pakistani cricketer,
scoring 242 runs playing women's
cricket test against West Indies in
Karachi in March, 2004)
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29.
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The first woman of the world to climb Mt. Everest four times
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Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)
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30.
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The first woman to cross seven important seas of the world
by swimming
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Bula Chaudhury (India)
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31.
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The first aircraft pilot to round the entire world non-stop
by his 2 engine aircraft in 67 hours
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Steve Fossett (March 2005)
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32.
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The first woman to be appointed as a Governor of a province
in Afghanistan
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Habiba Sorabhi
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33.
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The first woman of the world to swim across five
continents
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Bula Chaudhury (India) (April 2005)
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34.
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The first woman athlete to touch 5.0 meter mark in pole vault
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Ms. Yelena Isinbayeva
(Russian, July 2005)
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35.
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The first Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistani Supreme Court
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Justice Rana Bhagwan Das
Took over on Sept. 2, 2005 as
Acting Chief Justice
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36.
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The first duly elected woman President of an African country
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Allen Johnson Sirleaf (elected
President of Liberia in Nov. 2005)
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37.
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The first woman Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
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Shanshad Akhtar
(Appointed in Dec. 2005)
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38.
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The first woman Chancellor of Germany
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Angela Merkel
(Took over in Nov. 2005)
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39.
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The first woman President of Chile
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Dr. Michelle Bachelet
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40.
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The first woman Prime Minister of Jamaica
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Portia Simpson Miller (Feb. 2006)
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41.
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The first woman foreign Secretary of England
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Margaret Backett (May 2006)
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42.
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The first double amputee to scale Mt. Everest
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Mark Inglis (May 15, 2006)
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