Umm Sayyaf was captured during the US military raid which killed her husband in May 2015, becoming the first detainee held by the US in its year-long war against Isis.
Recently appointed to join the Institute for Advanced Study (to the chair formerly held by Michael Waltzer), becoming the first African-American permanent faculty member.
The ANC took over the cabinet positions formerly held by the National Party, with Mbeki becoming sole Deputy President.
He later teamed with Jackson on many occasions, becoming number one contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championship held by Carlito and Primo, but they never managed to win the championship.
Since becoming Foreign Minister, he has assumed several portfolios previously held by other prominent regime figures.
Master Sergeant Joshua Wheeler, 39, of Roland, Oklahoma, was killed during an overnight mission to rescue hostages held by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq, becoming the first American to die in combat in Iraq since 2011.
Do note that becoming a City of Literature is entirely different from becoming, say, a World Book Capital, an honor which is currently held by Amsterdam, to be followed next year by Beirut.
100 years ago, virtually none of it would be held by institutional investors, so our society is becoming more institutionalized, more and more things are being done by professionals.
The SNP leader has now reached another milestone, becoming Scotland's longest-serving first minister, breaking the record held by his predecessor, Labour's Jack McConnell.
That gave Apple a whopping market capitalisation of over $623 billion and the honour of becoming the most valuable listed company of all time a record previously held by another tech behemoth, Microsoft.
