Firsts
January 1, 2025- June 30, 2025
Level 2: 11 - 15 firsts
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
Level 3: 16 or more firsts.
Each task can be done once.
6/20
TASKS
1. The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
🥇 Read a book with water on the cover or where a character goes sailing or set in Spain.
Safe in Her Bodyguard's Arms - Katherine Garbera (HRS #2281 - June 2024) (water) - Jan 10
2. Man’s First Flight
The Wright brothers are generally considered to have been the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered flight on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers took turns flying four times, with the final flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
The Wright brothers are generally considered to have been the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered flight on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers took turns flying four times, with the final flight lasting 59 seconds and covering 852 feet
🥇 Read a book set in North Carolina or where the MC has a brother or a book published in December of any year.
The Duke's Man-at-Arms - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - Dec 2024) (brother) - Jan 2
3. The First Animation Film
Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the author's initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
4. The First Video Game
October 18, 1958. William Higinbotham's "Tennis for Two" was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual visitors days. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
5. The First Step on the Moon
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
6. The First Smartphone
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
7. First Vaccine
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the author's initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
8. 1st Telegraph message
The first message sent over a telegraph was “What hath God wrought?” on May 24, 1844 by Samuel F. B. Morse to
Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant in Baltimore. It was transmitted from the Supreme Court room in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
Fantasmagorie is a 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
🥇 Read a book set in France or a book that is tagged as history or where the author's initials can be found in EMILE COHL.
October 18, 1958. William Higinbotham's "Tennis for Two" was introduced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's annual visitors days. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
🥇Read a book where a character plays a video game or that is a second in a series or where a town relies on visitors.
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
🥇Read a book with a moon on the cover or published in July of any year or a character called Neil.
The SPC was the first touchscreen phone and included a calendar, address book, appointment scheduler, and stylus-compatible screen keyboards. It could also send and receive emails and faxes, and make and receive phone calls. IBM announced the SPC in 1992 and it went on sale in 1994. BellSouth Cellular Corp. distributed it in the United States.
🥇Read a book where the letters IBM can be found anywhere in the title they don't have to be together or a book published in 1992 or 1994 or where a character sends a fax.
Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
🥇 Read a book with a character called either Edward or James or with a character who is a doctor or where the author's initials can be found in SMALLPOX.
The first message sent over a telegraph was “What hath God wrought?” on May 24, 1844 by Samuel F. B. Morse to
Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant in Baltimore. It was transmitted from the Supreme Court room in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
🥇Read a book set in Maryland or where a character is a judge or where a character messages someone.
Love Letters from Her Cowboy - Sasha Summers (HSE #3075 - Jan 2025) (message/text) - Jan 5
9. First transatlantic flight
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the author's initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
🥇 Read a book where a character is a pilot or with a character called Charles or Amelia or where the author's initials can be found in ATLANTIC.
Colton's K-9 Rescue - Colleen Thompson (HRS #2307 - Jan 2025) (author's initials) - Jan 2
The first bicycle was called the Laufmaschine, which translates to "running machine" in German. It was also known as the "swiftwalker", "hobby horse", "draisine", and "velocipede". It was invented in 1817 by German Baron Karl von Drais
🥇 Read a book set in Germany or with a bicycle on the cover or a book that has been translated into a lot of languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... (Doesn't have to be on this list).
Jackie Robinson is widely known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.
🥇Read a book with a character who is African-American or a book about baseball or set in New York.
After much trial and error Henry Ford and his employees at the Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in Michigan introduced the first moving automobile assembly line in 1913.
🥇Read a book set in Michigan or where a character goes to a park or with a car on the cover.
The Imperfect Lyon - Aviva Orr (Dragonblade - Jan 2025) - Jan 7
13. 1st Steam Engine
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. The first commercially successful steam engine was Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine, invented in 1712.
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the author's initials can be found in STEAM.
14 First Radio
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the first radio, though other scientists were also working on similar devices at the time. In 1896, Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless telegraphy system in England.
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. The first commercially successful steam engine was Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine, invented in 1712.
🥇Read a book where a character rides a train or a character called Thomas or Alexandria or where the author's initials can be found in STEAM.
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the first radio, though other scientists were also working on similar devices at the time. In 1896, Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless telegraphy system in England.
🥇Read a book where a character is a scientist or where a character listens to the radio or where the first letter of the book location can be found in PATENT.
River Wild - BJ Daniels (HQN - Jan 2025) (radio) - Jan 6
The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, which was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840. It had the profile of Queen Victoria, and cost one penny for half-ounce letters
🥇Read a book with a black cover or set in England or with an author called Penny or Victoria.
The first successful demonstration of electronic television was on September 7, 1927 in San Francisco by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Farnsworth's system used a beam of electrons to capture moving images, which were then converted into code and transmitted over radio waves. The first image transmitted was a simple line.
🥇 Read a book where a character watches television or set in California or published in September of any year.
Murder at the Alaskan Lodge - Karen Whiddon (HRS #2280 -June 2024) - Jan 8
17. First Email
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a programmer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Tomlinson sent the first email to himself, and it was likely the first line of letters on a keyboard, "QWERTYUIOP".
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the author's first or last name begins with Q.
18. 1st Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented the printing press around 1436. Gutenberg began using his printing press commercially in 1454 to produce thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year, he printed the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West, the famous 42-line Bible.
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the author's initials can be found in BIBLE.
19. First Person to Cross the Antarctic Circle
Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. O'Brady crossed Antarctica on December 26, 2018. He covered 932 miles in 52 days/
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
20. First Clock
The first clocks were invented in ancient times by multiple cultures and were based on observations of the sun and moon. Mechanical clocks were invented in Europe in the 14th century CE. The first mechanical clocks were not very accurate, with only one hand and a leeway of 15 minutes on either side.
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a programmer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Tomlinson sent the first email to himself, and it was likely the first line of letters on a keyboard, "QWERTYUIOP".
🥇Read a book where a character reads or sends an email or a book that was published in the 1970s or where the author's first or last name begins with Q.
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented the printing press around 1436. Gutenberg began using his printing press commercially in 1454 to produce thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year, he printed the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West, the famous 42-line Bible.
🥇Read a book tagged Religion or where a character prints something or where the author's initials can be found in BIBLE.
Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. O'Brady crossed Antarctica on December 26, 2018. He covered 932 miles in 52 days/
🥇Read a book set in December or published in 2018 or a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
The first clocks were invented in ancient times by multiple cultures and were based on observations of the sun and moon. Mechanical clocks were invented in Europe in the 14th century CE. The first mechanical clocks were not very accurate, with only one hand and a leeway of 15 minutes on either side.
🥇Read a book with a clock on the cover or set in Europe or 14th in a series.
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