Formula 1 broke new ground in 2008 when Singapore hosted the sport's first ever night race - and it turned out to be an event no one would ever forget.
Earlier this month, London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced that Amy Lamé would be the city's first ever "Night Czar".
After walking into a bar on his first ever night in the USA, an aspiring actor bought a beer and settled down to watch the band.
What prompted you instead to start Mumbai's first ever night shelter?
But last Sunday night, the guys at Mikamai organized the first ever Startup Night in Milan, practically creating a new tech scene from scratch.
London's transport commissioner, Mike Brown, said: "It is good news for London that the first ever all-night tube service will be ready on 19 August.
"The discussion on day-night Tests started in 2008 and I'm pleased that we are now at a stage where two of our members are contemplating playing the first ever day-night Test," he said.
Fidget/hip house act Crookers supply an electronic swansong tonight, while the grand finale on 7 December sees Jacques Lu Cont (who played the club's second ever night, presiding over one of the now infamous DD XXXmas parties) bringing the curtain down on the Death Disco era.
In 1930, W&J defeated Lafayette College 7-0 in the first ever college indoor night game, held in front of 20,000 spectators in Atlantic City.
Long before Sky's broadcasts of Friday night football, the BBC screened the first ever live league match on a Friday night in 1983.
