Ancient World Wonders

The list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was first compiled by Greek historians around the 200 BC. The first Ancient Wonder is The Great Pyramid of Giza. Built in what today is greater Ciaro, the Pyramid was the tallest structure on Earth for more than 43 centuries. Each pyramid side is oriented with the compass point north, south, east, and west. The maximum error between side lengths is less than 0.1%.
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Mount Everest

The Seven Natural Wonders of the World is comprised of natural phenomena that were not made or improved upon by humans. The first Natural Wonder of the World is Mount Everest. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world measuring 29,028 feet or 8,848 meters. It stands in Nepal and borders Tibet. Everest's summit was first reached by a human expedition in 1953.
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The first IBM PC

The first IBM PC was introduced on August 12, 1981. Priced at $1,565, the PC had a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor, a 160-KB floppy disk drive, and an optional color monitor. The development team at IBM developed the IBM PC in twelve months, at that time, faster than any other hardware product in IBM's history.
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Chess

The first game of Chess is believed to have been played around 600 AD in what is now northern India or Afghanistan. By trade and war, the game spread to Persia and Europe. The Europeans modernized the game to represent their social status, thus giving the chess pieces the names we know today. The current rules of Chess have been used for the last 700 years.
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Genesis, 1:1

The first line of the Holy Bible: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Genesis, 1:1
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Wrigley under lights

The first scheduled baseball game played at night under lights at Wrigley field took place on August 8, 1988. Every game at Wrigley had been played during the day since the first baseball game was played there on April 23, 1914. The Chicago Cubs installed lights after 5,687 consecutive day games to meet baseball's prime time interest from fans and television.
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President Richard Nixon

President Richard Nixon was the first U.S. President to resign this office. Faced with what seemed almost certain impeachment, Nixon announced on August 8, 1974, that he would resign the next day. The resignation stemmed from an attempted cover up of a break-in at the offices of the Democratic National Committee during the 1972 presidential campaign.
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