historic first
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- unprecedentedNever having occurred before
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
breakthrough · trailblazing · momentous · revolutionary · achievement · debut · inaugural · maiden · record-breaking · monumental · epochal · game-changing · watershed · triumph · conquest · victory · Apollo · suffrage
- recordsbirth records, world record, record, Guinness, documents
- precedentsruling, landmark case, case law, landmark cases, first impression
novelty and precedent
historic firstold hat
Tediously familiar, stale
nothing new · same old story · business as usual · repetition · the usual
temporal position in a sequence
historic firstend of an era
final chapter · swan song · finale · closing act · last hurrah
historical significance
historic firstnon-event
Disappointing lack of significance
blip · business as usual · ho-hum · also-ran · minor detail