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Firmin Didot

Firmin Didot (1764–1836) was a French printer, typefounder, and politician, second son of François-Ambroise Didot, who created the first Modern typeface in 1784 and patented a stereotyping process in 1797.

Firmin Flamand

Firmin Flamand, Belgian archer at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics; won gold in small and large birds team pole archery and bronze in large birds individual, three medals total.

Firmonertinib

Firmonertinib (formerly furmonertinib, alflutinib, AST2818; brand Ivesa) is an oral third-generation EGFR TKI approved in China since 2021 for EGFR-mutated NSCLC, with strong CNS activity, and in global development by ArriVent for uncommon EGFR mutations.

Sep 19, 2026

Firmus Technologies (Oliver Curtis)

Firmus Technologies is an Australian AI infrastructure company co-founded in 2019 by Oliver Curtis, known for its liquid-cooled AI factories and Nvidia-backed Project Southgate in Tasmania.

Firmware

Firmware is software, with associated data, stored in a hardware device's nonvolatile memory such as ROM or flash, providing the low-level control for the device's operation.

Firn

Firn, called névé during its first year, is snow older than one year compacted into grains denser than 550 kg per cubic meter, the transition between snow and glacial ice.

Firn air

Firn air is the atmosphere trapped in the porous layer of compacting snow between fresh snowfall and glacial ice on polar ice sheets, preserving a record of atmospheric composition covering roughly the last century.

Sep 23, 2026

Firoz Shah's removal of the Ashokan pillars

Firoz Shah's removal of the Ashokan pillars (فیروز شاہ کے اشوک ستون) was the transport of two Mauryan pillars to Delhi by Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq in the 14th century.

Fīrozābād

Firozabad (Firozabad, Suhag Nagri), Uttar Pradesh city 40 km from Agra, India's Glass City; world's largest glass bangle producer, 70% of unorganized-sector glass, Mughal-era origins, Taj Trapezium Zone.

Firsoff (Martian crater)

Firsoff is a 90 km impact crater in Arabia Terra, Mars (2.73°N, 350.63°E), named for English astronomer Valdemar Axel Firsoff, whose floor hosts hundreds of mounds interpreted as fossil mud volcanoes.

FIRST (organization)

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a not-for-profit founded by Dean Kamen in 1989 that runs youth robotics programs for ages 4 to 18.

First 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency

The Hundred Days, March 9 to June 16, 1933: the special Congress session in which FDR's New Deal passed 15 major bills (86 laws total) creating the CCC, TVA, AAA, FERA, and FDIC to fight the Great Depression.

First 100 days of the second Trump presidency

First 100 days of the second Trump presidency (Jan 20-Apr 30, 2025): record 141 executive orders, 41 day-one directives, only five laws signed, 175 immigration actions, April 2 tariffs, and approval falling to 39-40%, lowest in nearly a century.

Oct 10, 2026

First Abu Dhabi Bank

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is the largest bank in the UAE, formed in 2017 from the merger of National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank.

Oct 22, 2026

First Aceh Expedition

The First Aceh Expedition was a failed 1873 Dutch attack on the Sultanate of Aceh in northern Sumatra, in which its commander, Major-General Köhler, was killed.

First aerial circumnavigation

The first aerial circumnavigation, the first flight around the world, was completed in 1924 by US Army Air Service aviators flying four Douglas World Cruiser biplanes.

Oct 20, 2026

First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (郑州大学第一附属医院), founded 1928 in Kaifeng, a Grade III Class A teaching hospital in Zhengzhou, Henan, with four campuses, remote-medicine network, and major clinical trial and research output.

First aid

First aid is the immediate initial care given at the scene of an injury or sudden illness, with three goals: preserve life, prevent deterioration, and promote recovery.

First aid kit

First aid kit: a packaged collection of supplies for emergency initial treatment. Regulated via OSHA 1910.151 and ANSI Z308.1 Class A/B kits in the US, BS 8599 in the UK, CSA Z1220 in Canada.

First Aid Kit (band)

First Aid Kit is a Swedish folk duo formed in 2007 by Stockholm sisters Johanna (born 1990) and Klara Söderberg (born 1993), known for Americana close harmonies, the viral Fleet Foxes cover, albums The Lion's Roar, Stay Gold, Ruins, and Palomino, and the Nordic Music Prize.

Oct 22, 2026

First All-Belarusian Congress

The First All-Belarusian Congress (Першы Ўсебеларускі Кангрэс) was a 1917 representative assembly of Belarusian delegates in Minsk, broken up by Bolshevik forces after two weeks.

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1791): bars Congress from establishing religion, abridging speech, press, assembly, or petition; first of ten Bill of Rights amendments, applied to states via the Fourteenth Amendment since 1925.

First and Last and Always

First and Last and Always is the 1985 debut album by English gothic rock band The Sisters of Mercy, recorded at Strawberry Studios Stockport with producer Dave Allen, peaking at number 14 in the UK before the band split and Hussey and Adams formed The Mission.

First Anglo-Afghan War (جنگ اول افغان و انگلیس)

The First Anglo-Afghan War (جنگ اول افغان و انگلیس), 1839-1842: Britain's East India Company invaded Afghanistan to depose Dost Mohammad and restore Shah Shuja, ending with the destruction of the retreating Kabul garrison, one European survivor, and Dost Mohammad's restoration in 1843.

First Anglo-Burmese War (ပထမအင်္ဂလိပ်-မြန်မာစစ်)

First Anglo-Burmese War (ပထမအင်္ဂလိပ်-မြန်မာစစ်), 1824–1826, first of three Anglo-Burmese wars: East India Company versus Konbaung Burma, ended by Treaty of Yandabo ceding Arakan, Assam, Manipur, Tenasserim and a £1 million indemnity.

First Anglo-Maratha War

First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782): first armed conflict between the East India Company and the Maratha Empire, sparked by Raghunathrao's succession bid, marked by the British reverse at Wadgaon (1779) and ended by the Treaty of Salbai (17 May 1782).