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Which came first: Aspirin or the Wright brothers' plane?

Aspirin came first, in 1897 (first made). The Wright brothers' plane followed 6 years later, in 1903 (first flight).

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  1. First1897

    Aspirin

    medicine · first made

    Bayer chemists first made pure aspirin in 1897; by 1899 Bayer had named it Aspirin and was selling it worldwide.

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  2. Second1903

    The Wright brothers' plane

    aircraft · first flight

    The Wright brothers' first flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

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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.