Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: 2001: A Space Odyssey or the microwave oven?
The microwave oven came first, in 1945 (invented). 2001: A Space Odyssey followed 23 years later, in 1968 (released).
- Second1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
film · released2001: A Space Odyssey came out in 1968 and has no dialogue for roughly its first and last twenty minutes.
- First1945
The microwave oven
invention · inventedPercy Spencer noticed that radar microwaves had melted a candy bar in his pocket, and went on to patent the microwave oven.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.