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Which came first: Basketball or Tel Aviv?

Basketball came first, in 1891 (invented). Tel Aviv followed 18 years later, in 1909 (founded).

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  1. First1891

    Basketball

    sport · invented

    James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 using peach baskets, which stayed in use until 1906.

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  2. Second1909

    Tel Aviv

    city · founded

    Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 on sand dunes outside the old port of Jaffa.

    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.