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Trevor Noah, A South African, A Standup Comedian, And The TV Host Of The Popular “The Daily Show,” Has Made History As The First African To Headline The White House Correspondent Dinner (WHCD) On 4/30/22. WHCD Is Organised By The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), An Organisation Of Journalists That Cover The White House And The US President.

Troy Kotsur Is Now The First Deaf Actor To Be Nominated For An Oscar Award. Troy Made History With His Supporting Role In Sian Heder’s “Child Of Deaf Adults” (CODA). The Role Also Earned Kotsur 31 Nominations, Including A BAFTA, A Golden Globe, And The First Screen Actors Guild Nod For An Individual Deaf Male Actor.

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“Spider-Man: No Way Home” Has Become The First And Only Movie Released In 2021 To Cross A Global Ticket Sale Of A Billion Dollars. And The Movie Achieved This Feat In Just Over A Week Since Its Dec. 17th, 2021 Release. The Movie Is Also Said To Be The Only Movie To Have Done This Since The Pandemic Began About 2 Years Ago.

Oriini Kaipara, A 38-Year-Old Māori Journalist At The “Newshub Live” Bulletin In New Zealand, Is Now The First Person With Traditional Facial Markings To Ever Host A Primetime News Program On National Television. Ms. Oriini, Previously Made History In 2019, At TVNZ, As The First Person With Māori Facial Markings To Present A Mainstream TV News Program.

Sesame Street, The 52-Year-Old Show, Has Added The First Asian American Muppet To Its Show. The Muppet, Called Ji-Young, A 7-Year-Old Korean American Who Loves Playing The Electric Guitar And Skateboarding, Will Usher In Rock Music, Asian Culture And Talk About Racism, Given The Surge In Racism And Violence Targeting Asians And Asian Americans.

Netflix, The World’s Largest Streaming Service, Has Officially Revealed The Squid Game As Their Biggest TV Series Launch Ever, Having Reached ~111 Million Fans. The Show Is Said To Have Surpassed The Previous Record Holder, British-Romance Series “Bridgerton,” Which Previously Set The Record After Being Watched 82 Million Times.

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Regina King, The Oscar-Winning Actress, Has Made History As The First Black Female Director To Have Her First Directed Film, One Night in Miami, Premier In The Venice Film Festival In Its 88-Year-Long History. The Movie Is Said To Be A Fictional Take On A True Event That Occurred On Feb. 25, 1964, When Muhammad Ali Beat Sonny Liston.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United Superstar, Is Now The Guinness World Records Holder For Scoring The Highest Number Of Goals At The International Stage. Ronaldo’s Two Goals Against Ireland Gave Him 111 Total Goals For Portugal And Broke The 15-Year Record Set By Former Iran Star, Ali Daei, Who Scored 109 Goals Between 1993 And 2006.

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Ashleigh Barty Has Become The First Indigenous Australian, In 41 Years, To Win The Wimbledon Women’s Singles Title. Barty Is The Second Australian To Win It After Her Mentor, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Won It In 1971 And 1980. Barty, A Junior Wimbledon Champion In 2011, Also Successfully Played Professional Cricket For The Brisbane Heat.

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Phil Mickelson Has Made History As The Oldest Golfer To Win A Golf Major. He Was 50 Years, 11 Months, 8 Days When He Won The 2021 PGA Championship On 5/23/2021. This Win Implies A Total Of 29 Golfers Aged 40 And Above Have Won The Golf Major A Sum Total Of 39 Times. Mickelson Has 6 Major Golf Championships, Winning All But The US Open.

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Nikkie de Jager Will Make History As The First Transgender Host Of The Eurovision Song Contest, As She Will Be One of This Year 2021 Competition Hosts. The 27-Year-Old Dutch Star, Known As NikkieTutorials On YouTube, Is A YouTube Star With About 3 Million Subscribers To Her Beauty Channel, Which Receives Over 1.4 Billion Video Views.

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Dean Du Plessis, Born With Tumors Behind Both Retinas, Has Become The First Visually Impaired Commentator To Cover International Cricket. He Developed His Skills Via A Lifetime Of Listening To Cricket And His Ability To Recognise People By Sound, Touch, And Smell, Enabling The 44-Year-Old Zimbabwean To Become A Successful Broadcaster.

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Rachael Blackmore, A 31-Year-Old Irishwoman, And A Professional Jockey Since 2015 Is Now The First Woman, Riding Minella Times, To Win Britain’s Grand National Horse Race–A Male-Dominated Sport. Blackmore Is The 20th Female Jockey To Compete In The Grand National Race Since 1839. And Women Have Only Being Permitted As Jockeys Since 1975.

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Avatar Has Climbed Back To The Top As The Highest Earning Movie Of All Time. This Upset Is Due To Its Recent Re-release, This Weekend, In China. Avatar, At An Estimated $2,798,579,794, Beat The Current Chart Leader, Avengers: Endgame, Which Grossed About $2,797,501,328, Previously Surpassing Avatar After It Was Released In 2019.

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Chloe Zhao Made History By Being One Of The Three Women Shortlisted For The Golden Globe Best Director Award. And Now, She Has Blazed Another Major Trail By Being The First Asian Woman And The Second Woman To Win The Golden Globe Best Director Award, After Barbra Streisand Won It In 1984. Congrats Chloe!

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An American, Renee Capozzola, Has Become The First Female To Win The Title Of “The Underwater Photographer Of The Year.” She Won The 2021 Competition With Her Photo Submission, Entitled “Sharks’ Skylight,” Which Was Taken On The Pacific Island Of Moorea In August. Her Photo Bested 4,500 Submissions From Competitors Across 68 Countries.

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Chloé Zhao–The Director Of “Nomadland,” Emerald Fennell–The Director Of “Promising Young Woman,” And Regina King–The Director Of “One Night In Miami,” Together, Have Made History In The 2021 Golden Globes Award, As This Will Be The First Time That More Than One Woman Is Nominated For The Best Director Award In A Single Year. Congrats!

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Amanda Gorman, Who Is 22 Years Of Age, And Became America’s first-Ever National Youth Poet Laureate In 2017, Has Now Become The Youngest Poet To Ever Perform At A Presidential Inauguration For President Joe Biden. Her Poetry, The Hill We Climb, Which Was Delivered To The World, Calls For Unity And Togetherness. Pretty Impressive! And Congrats!

Sarah Thomas, 42, Will Make Another History As She Will Be The First Female To Officiate In The Super Bowl LV On February 7, 2021, In Tampa, Florida. She Previously Made History In 2015 As The First Female To Be Hired Full Time As An Official In The The National Football League (NFL). Congrats To Her.

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Lionel Messi, In Saturday’s Draw Against Valencia, Has Equaled The Highest Number Of Goals Scored, For A Single Club, By The Legendary Pele. Pele Scored 643 Goals In 19 Seasons For Brazilian Side Santos Between 1956 And 1974. Messi Scored His First Goal For Barcelona In 2005 Against Albacete, And 643 Goals Across 17 Seasons And 748 Games.

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