*First Countries in the World

*First Country in World to abolish Slavery : Spain
*First Country in World to abolish Death
Penalty : 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