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Firsts
Important Firsts in American History
13
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08/21/2012

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Henry Ford
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First to use the Assembly Line in Manufacturing
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Amelia Earhart
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First solo transatlantic flight by a woman
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Charles Lindburgh
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First solo nonstop transatlantic flight
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Gwendolyn Brooks
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First African American to win the Pulitzer  Prize
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Nelson Mandela
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First black president of South Africa
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Yuri Gagarin
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First human to travel in spaaace!
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Christian Barnard
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FIrst surgeon to perform a human heart transplant
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Neil Armstrong
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First man to walk on the moon
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Matthew Henson
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Along with Robert Peary, the first man to discover the Norh Pole
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Roger Bannister
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First man to run the mile in under four minutes
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Jonas Salk
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First to create the polio vaccine
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