To our everlasting shame, we led the world in this nuclear arms race sixteen years ago when we dropped the first bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

As a matter of fact, Fogg and his plane didn't get beyond Pennsylvania in the race -- an engine oil leak forced him down -- but the flying service and school he started subsequently were first steps in paying off his wry-faced backers.

The largest hurdle the Republicans would have to face is a state law which says that before making a first race, one of two alternative courses must be taken: 1

Let us therefore put first things first, and make sure of preserving the human race at whatever the temporary price may be ''.

The first organized race was on April 28, 1887 by the chief editor of Paris publication Le Vélocipède, Monsieur Fossier.

The Paris – Bordeaux – Paris race of June 1895 has sometimes been erroneously described as the " first motor race ", despite the 1894 event being decided by speed and finishing order of the eligible racers.

The first American automobile race is generally held to be the Thanksgiving Day Chicago Times-Herald race of November 28, 1895.

" To fill out the schedule, most types of racing events were invented here, including the first hill climb ( Nice – La Turbie ) and a sprint that was, in spirit, the first drag race.

The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event

* In Bananagrams, players place tiles from a pool into crossword-style word arrangements in a race to see who can finish the pool of tiles first.

* 1910 – Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.

Briefly, the first Aeolus was a son of Hellen and eponymous founder of the Aeolian race ; the second was a son of Poseidon, who led a colony to islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea ; and the third Aeolus was a son of Hippotes who is mentioned in Odyssey book 10 as Keeper of the Winds who gives Odysseus a tightly closed bag full of the captured winds so he could sail easily home to Ithaca on the gentle West Wind.

The Donkey brae run is held on the first Sunday of the festival and is popular nationwide, with a 7-mile race, 2-mile run and a 1-mile run for children.

In 1964, the Birds, piloted by Hank Bauer in his first year of managing the ballclub, were involved in a tight pennant race against the Yankees and White Sox.

Those against the Wild Card see it as diminishing the importance of the pennant race and the regular season, with the true race often being for second rather than first place, while those in favor of it view it as an opportunity for teams to have a shot at the playoffs even when they have no chance of a first-place finish in their division, thus maintaining fan interest later in the season.

I am above race ..." The first English translation of Doctor Zhivago was hastily produced by Max Hayward and Manya Harari in order to coincide with overwhelming public demand.

The idea of organizing a ' marathon race ' came from Michel Bréal, who wanted the event to feature in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens.

At the French Grand Prix at Reims-Gueux, Jack Brabham became the first man to win a Formula One world championship race in a car bearing his own name.

When they first race against each other, Liddell beats Abrahams.

Michael and his younger brother Ralf Schumacher are the only brothers to win races in Formula One, and they were the first brothers to finish 1st and 2nd in the same race, in Montreal in 2001, and there again ( in switched order ) in 2003.

* Mark Washburn working on an analysis of the Vienna and Cascade viruses with Ralf Burger develops the first family of polymorphic virus: the Chameleon family.

Räikkönen failed to finish the after being involved in an accident at the first corner with Ralf Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello.

In 2001, there was the first sibling 1 – 2 finish in the history of Formula 1, as Ralf and Michael Schumacher topped the podium.

In 2001, Ralf emerged as a future star achieving his first three Grand Prix wins at Imola, Montreal and Hockenheim.

Ralf Schumacher earned Toyota their first point of the season by finishing in eighth place in the Australian Grand Prix, one place ahead of team-mate Jarno Trulli.

The first Lord of the Manor was Earl Roger de Busli, who delegated the position to Baron Ralf Ingram.

Only eight drivers were classified finishers ( two of whom were five laps behind, one of whom was Coulthard ) and Damon Hill secured a victory ahead of team mate Ralf Schumacher to record the previously underperforming Jordan team's first Formula One win in its history, and a 1-2 to top it off.

Wilson continues in the music business, and with his friends, starts Factory Records, signing Joy Division ( Sean Harris, John Simm, Ralf Little and Tim Horrocks ), led by erratic, brooding lead singer Ian Curtis ( Harris ), as the first band.

Ralf Dahrendorf's first two marriages ended in divorce.

In his first six races, he outqualified his teammate Ralf Schumacher twice, and was consistently close in pace ; journalist David Tremayne described Button's start as " the stuff of any team owner's wildest dreams ".

Along with Kraftwerk's first two albums, Ralf und Florian to date has never been officially re-issued on compact disc.

The cover design, credited to Ralf and Florian, further hints at a deliberate association with conceptual art, being a virtual repeat of the first album's Pop Art design – except printed this time in fluorescent green and with slight modification by the number ' 2 '.

That game was the first victory Sweden had in the tournament, when they beat Uruguay 3 – 0 with goals by Roland Sandberg ( 74 ') and Ralf Edström ( 46 ', 77 ').

As told by the UK newspaper The Independent, the pianist Ralf Gothóni once performed the Franck Violin Sonata with him and was surprised to find that he " played the first movement with a right-hand violin and the second movement with a left-hand violin.

At the end of the first lap, Button had built a good lead over Michael Schumacher, Montoya, Sato, Ralf Schumacher and Barrichello.

Ralf Schumacher, Olivier Panis and Christian Klien also made their first stops on lap 9.

Then his McLaren ’ s Mercedes engine broke and instead it was Ralf Schumacher who came through to score his first win of the year.

Ralf Schumacher was still 4. 8 seconds behind when the Räikkönen's Mercedes engine blew up, making him the first retirement of the race.

In the team achieved its best ever result when drivers Damon Hill and Ralf Schumacher finished first and second at the Belgian Grand Prix.

The 2001 race is also notable for two brothers, Michael Schumacher and Ralf Schumacher, sharing a row on the starting grid for the first time.

Ralf Hütter suggested that a second Kraftwerk boxed set containing the band's first three albums would be released in 2010.

Michael Schumacher's race was over by the end of the first lap after brother Ralf Schumacher collided with his team-mate at the first corner causing suspension damage and retirement to the Ferrari.