Joscelyn Stoker, as her parents know her, made a minor bit of history this week, as both the youngest person ever nominated for the Mercury music prize and the first nominated for an album of cover versions.
She was first nominated in 1996 the year Cave Canem opened its doors and won in 2000.
HOW has Mr. Obama's message changed in the four years since he was first nominated in 2008?
Without Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington, black representation since 1987 — when both men were first nominated — would be significantly lower.
The appointee, Warren Bell, executive producer of ABC's "According to Jim," was first nominated by President Bush in June.
Judge Parker, whose father was a federal trial judge, was first nominated to the federal bench by President Clinton.
When he was first nominated, Dr. Gottlieb seemed a figure right out of central casting for the Trump administration.
When Mr Gul, a former Islamist, was first nominated for the post by the ruling Justice and Development (AK Partyy in April, a political crisis ensued.
Currently, three Jewish justices (with a fourth nominated) and four Catholic justices (with one member recently lost) sit on the Supreme Court.
Ms. Poritz, first nominated by Gov. Christie Whitman in 1996, became the first woman to serve as the chief justice in New Jersey.
