LIST OF FIRST COUNTRIES IN WORLD:

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First Country in World to abolish Slavery:Spain


First Country in World to abolish Death Penalty(or Capital Punishment):Venezuela

First Country in World to legalize Same-Sex marriage: Netherlands

First Country in World to issue Paper Currency:china(by Song Dynasty)

First Country in World to issue Postal Stamp:Britain (the stamp name is "Penny Black")

First Country in World to develop Hydro electricity:Norway

First Country in World to let Right to Vote for Women: Newzealand

First Country in World to introduce VAT(Value Added tax): France in 1954

First Country in World to impose Carbon Tax:Finland in 1990

First Country in World to be Democratic:Athens of Greece

First Country in World to experience Industrial Revolution:Britain

First Country in World to have an official National Flag:Denmark(soit has oldest Flag)

First Country in World to launch 3G Technology:Japan

First Country in World to initiate Family Planning Policy: India

First Country in World to initiate Railways: Britain

First Country in World to launch artificial Satellite into Earth's orbit:
USSR or Soviet Russia in 1957(Satellite's name is Sputnik-1)

SPORTS:

First Country in World to host Olympics:Athensof Greece in 1896
(the first olympics is summer olympics)

First Country in World to host Winter Olympics:Francein 1924

First Country in World to host Summer Paralympics :Italy in 1960

First Country in World to host Winter Paralympics: Sweden in 1976 (where Paralympics means 
Olympics for Physically Handicapped)

First Country in World to host Summer Youth Olympics: Singapore in 2010

First Country in World to host Winter Youth Olympics: Innsbruck of Austria
in 2012

First Country in World to won ICC Cricket World Cup: West Indies in 1975 (2nd is also west-indies in 
1979 and 3rd is India in 1983)

First Country in World to won ICC Cricket World Cup(Twenty 20):India

First Country in World to won FIFA world Cup: Uraguay in 1930