These Olympics are the first ever hosted in South America; despite the Zika panic, the many logistical and financial problems, and the doping scandals, Olympic joy was as palpable as I've ever seen it.
I don't intend to knock the significance of that, but to my mind Fey and Poehler's more impressive feat was that they were possibly the first ever hosts of an LA awards ceremony who were genuinely good.
Hosted by "Will & Grace" star Megan Mullally ― the ceremony's second-ever host ― the SAG Awards honor performers in 15 film and TV categories.
While each director of rugby made clear his respect for Lancaster as a man and a coach, this was a withering verdict on a campaign that saw England make history as the first-ever host nation to be eliminated before the knockout stages.
Leather Bar)., a director of high-minded Faulkner adaptations (As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury), and the world's first ever Dada Oscar host.
The following year they hosted their first ever home Test, a match against a British Isles side in Wellington.
In 2001 it staged its first ever motorsport event, hosting the Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, and has done every year since, in 2010 attracting a record crowd of 44,150.
Winnipeg was the first Canadian city to ever host the Pan American Games, and the second city to host the event twice, in 1967 and again in 1999.
I was winding my way up Finland, en route to the world's first ever Winter Cycling Congress, hosted by a city called Oulu some 400 miles north.
Richard Brittain scored the hosts' first ever goal in the top-flight with an expertly struck free-kick just four minutes into the second half.
It may be gloriously fitting then that Colorado's GLBT Month opened with its first ever PrideFest Fashion Show, hosted by 303 Magazine and the GLBT Community Center of Colorado.
