Shirley McKie made history as the first person in 100 years of fingerprinting to successfully challenge an identification in court.
Nevertheless, Mr Nuon Paet made history as the first senior commander of the Khmers Rouges to stand trial and be jailed.
She was joined by other Plaid Cymru AMs as she made history as the first AM to be expelled from the assembly.
Mrs Clinton arrived in Phnom Penh from Laos where she made history as the first top US diplomat to visit the country in nearly six decades.
Pistorius, a double amputee who made history as the first Paralympic to compete in the able-bodied Olympics, is out on bail as he awaits trial on a premeditated murder charge.
They made history as the first Irish band to have a UK number one hit with Rat Trap and followed that up with another number one with I Don't Like Mondays, which was a hit around the world.
Prior to running his nation's final leg of Friday's relay final, Pistorius -- who runs on special carbon fiber prosthetic limbs and was once prevented from competing against able-bodied athletes -- had made history as the first double amputee athlete to compete in the Olympics.
When Jorge Bergoglio stepped onto the balcony at the Vatican on Wednesday evening to reveal himself as the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he made history as the first non-European pope of the modern era, the first from Latin America, the first Jesuit and the first to assume the name Francis.
British actor Daniel Day-Lewis has made Oscars history as the first man to win three best actor awards.
Clijsters, who made history in September as the first unseeded player to win the U.S. Open in her third event back on the WTA Tour following her own short-lived retirement, took control as she won eight straight games.
Jindal made history as well, becoming the first Indian-American to serve as governor of a U.S. state.
Pistorius made history when became the first double amputee athlete to compete in the Olympics as he contested the individual 400m earlier in the Games, reaching the semifinals.
History of a different sort was also made as Thabiso Moqhali won Lesotho its first Games medal with gold in the men's marathon.
As the first national wireless carrier to test, launch and market 4G technology, Sprint made history by launching 4G in Baltimore in September 2008.
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Oscar history was made this year in the acting categories as Silver Linings Playbook received nominations in all four disciplines, the first film in 31 years to accomplish this feat.
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Aga made her own slice of history in 2007, becoming the first Pole to win a WTA singles title when as an 18-year-old she beat Russia's Vera Dushevina in Stockholm's Nordic Light Open.
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