18 Firsts of 2018
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Dec 29, 2018, 10:53 ISTHighlights
- With 2019 upon us, now would be a good time to reflect on the year gone by — a year of many 'firsts', 'first times' and 'first evers'. With new beginnings and initiations across politics, business, cinema, sport, science and other news — in India and across the globe — we pick out our 18 standout moments
January
* For the first time, 10 chief guests grace the Republic Day of India parade — the heads of state of all 10 ASEAN nations.
February
* Twitter reports its first profitable quarter ever, after 12 years, with $91 million in Q4.
March
* For the first time in India, a political party (the BJP-led NDA) gains control in 21 out of 29 states in the country.
* Actor Gary Oldman and director Guillermo del Toro win their first Oscars for Darkest Hour and The Shape of Water, respectively.
April
* Kim Jong Un becomes the first North Korean leader to visit South Korea.
June
* The Video Assistant Referee system is used for the first time in a FIFA World Cup, during the France vs Australia match in Kazan, Russia.
* Afghanistan play their first-ever Test match, against India in Bengaluru. They lose by an innings and 262 runs.
August
* Reliance Industries becomes the first Indian company to cross Rs 8 lakh crore in market cap.
* Swedish furniture giant IKEA opens its first India store at Hyderabad's Hitec city.
* Earth's first mission to the Sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe, launches.
* With the appointment of Justice Indira Banerjee as a Supreme Court judge, India gets three sitting women judges for the first time.
September
* Petrol prices breach Rs 90 a litre for the first time in India's history, touching Rs 90.11 in Maharashtra's Parbhani.
* Sikkim becomes the world's first-ever organic state.
November
* 2.0, India's first-ever movie shot entirely in 3D, releases.
* Garima Arora, who runs the Bangkok restaurant Gaa, becomes the first Indian woman chef to net a Michelin rating.
* Voters in Minnesota and Michigan elect the first Muslim women to serve in the US Congress — Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.
December
* Miss Spain Angela Ponce becomes the first transgender woman to compete in the global Miss Universe pageant.
* Indian Railways successfully carries out the world's first-ever conversion of a diesel locomotive into an electric one.
* For the first time, 10 chief guests grace the Republic Day of India parade — the heads of state of all 10 ASEAN nations.
February
* Twitter reports its first profitable quarter ever, after 12 years, with $91 million in Q4.
March
* For the first time in India, a political party (the BJP-led NDA) gains control in 21 out of 29 states in the country.
* Actor Gary Oldman and director Guillermo del Toro win their first Oscars for Darkest Hour and The Shape of Water, respectively.
April
* Kim Jong Un becomes the first North Korean leader to visit South Korea.
June
* The Video Assistant Referee system is used for the first time in a FIFA World Cup, during the France vs Australia match in Kazan, Russia.
* Afghanistan play their first-ever Test match, against India in Bengaluru. They lose by an innings and 262 runs.
August
* Reliance Industries becomes the first Indian company to cross Rs 8 lakh crore in market cap.
* Swedish furniture giant IKEA opens its first India store at Hyderabad's Hitec city.
* Earth's first mission to the Sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe, launches.
* With the appointment of Justice Indira Banerjee as a Supreme Court judge, India gets three sitting women judges for the first time.
September
* Petrol prices breach Rs 90 a litre for the first time in India's history, touching Rs 90.11 in Maharashtra's Parbhani.
* Sikkim becomes the world's first-ever organic state.
November
* 2.0, India's first-ever movie shot entirely in 3D, releases.
* Garima Arora, who runs the Bangkok restaurant Gaa, becomes the first Indian woman chef to net a Michelin rating.
* Voters in Minnesota and Michigan elect the first Muslim women to serve in the US Congress — Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.
December
* Miss Spain Angela Ponce becomes the first transgender woman to compete in the global Miss Universe pageant.
* Indian Railways successfully carries out the world's first-ever conversion of a diesel locomotive into an electric one.
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