World firsts/ american inventions

Roger Bannister of England

Who is credited with breaking the sub 4 minute mile time at 3 minutes and 59 seconds, where is he from?

Solon (594 B.C.), Cleisthenes (508 B.C.), and Ephialtes

which three greek statesmen were credited with inventing the first form of democracy

Vitruvius

which greek philosophe invented the first form of an odometer

Vitruvius

what greek philosopher is known for his 10 book treatise on architecture

Archimedes of Syracuse

what Greek mathematician proved the law of the lever and enunciated the principle of buoyancy and later it was named after him

Ferdinand Magellan sailed from 1519-1522, although he never saw through the voyage he would die in the Philippines in a battle,in 1521

Which Portuguese explorer is first credited with circling the globe thus proving the Earth was round

a group of Dutch people

what does Flemish refer to

Abrahama Ortelius in the book Theater of the World it has 53 pages

which cartographer is credited with the first publication of an Atlas

Nicolas Copernicus 15th century

who is credited with the first heliocentric model of the solar system what century was he born in

1610

in what year did galileo observe the phase change of Venus thus proving that the planets orbit the Sun

Ptolemy

what Greek astronomer’s work was “almagest”, which further elaborated on Eudoxus’ theory of geocentrism. and was later disproven by Galileo’s observation of Venus

Nicolas Copernicus, Poland, 15th century

who is known as the father of modern astronomy, where was he born and what century

Thomas Harriot

which english astronomer was the first to observe the moon a month before galileo would later do his famous observations

Benjamin Franklin

The first people to fly in a hot air balloon took place in 1783 in France, which American Founding father and current US Ambassador witnessed this event firsthand?

Samuel Hopkins a Quaker, signed by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph

Who possessed the first us patent from pennsylvania

potash was used as a fertilizer and detergent, pearl ash was used in the process of making gunpowder and saltpeter

what did potash and pearl ash do

Edward Jenner 1798

Known as the father of immunology who is credited with creating the first vaccine in what year.

1979

What year did the world health organization declare smallpox extinct

Alessandro volta in 1800

who is credited with the first invention of a battery utilizing zinc and copper plates.

1826

in what year was the first photograph taken

Robert Cornelius, 1839

Who took, and what year was the first selfie taken

Elizabeth Blackwell 1849, from New York Geneva Medical College

which women was the first to obtain a medical degree and when

Toilet Paper

Joseph Gayetty invented this item in 1857 and is coined by him to be the greatest necessity of our age, what is this item?

1876, Alexander Graham Bell

what year, and who invented the telephone

skyscrapers.

Following the 1871 Chicago fire the first of what structures was built?

Karl Benz in 1885

who invented the first commercially available internal combustion engine powered vehicle

Guglielmo Marconi

This inventor would later win the 1909 nobel prize in physics for this invention created in 1895, it would wirelessly send signals and receive them otherwise known as a radio

The Jazz Singer in 1927

what was the first movie to feature voice

Alexander Fleming made the first antibiotic in 1928

this man later won the nobel prize in medicine in 1945 for creating penicillin what was his name?

Chuck Yeager in 1947 West Virginia

who was the first man to break the sound barrier what state was he from

Francis Crick and James Watson from Cambridge University

discovered in 1953 which two British scientists are credited with discovering the structure of DNA

Rosalind Franklin

Who’s unpublished works were used by Francis Crick and James Watson to discover the structure of DNA

Hillary left a cross, and Norgay Chocolates

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Mt. Everest in 1953 what did each of the two leave at the summit

Sputnik 1 launched by the USSR weight 184 pounds

What was the first artifical satellite in space how much did it weight

1969

when was the moon landing

James Earl Ray

who assassinated Martin Luther king jr

1974 Dave Kunst, Minnesota

Who was the first man who circled the globe on foot going through 21 pairs of footwear over four years, in 1972 him and his brother were attacked in Afghanistan where his brother was killed, what state was he from

The Lock Stitch Sewing Machine, 1846

Invented by Elias Howler and later perfected by Isaac Singer this machine revolutionized the textile industry, what was this item called

1879

when did Thomas Eddison invent the practical Light Bulb

Orville and Wilbur, 1903

What is the name of the two brothers who would invent the first flying airplane

Michael Faraday

who invented the first electric motor

1952

when did jonas salk invent the first polio vaccine

hiram revels of mississippi

who was the first black senator and where was he from

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1953

what couple was executed after it was found they passed secrets ofhte atomic bomb to the soviet union