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Which came first: the birth of Albert Einstein or Jingle Bells?
Jingle Bells came first, in 1857 (published). The birth of Albert Einstein followed 22 years later, in 1879.
- Second1879
The birth of Albert Einstein
person · bornAlbert Einstein was born in Ulm in March 1879; his 1921 Nobel Prize was for the law of the photoelectric effect.
- First1857
Jingle Bells
song · publishedJingle Bells was published in 1857 under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh".
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