Which came first? · Tricky

Which came first: The Beatles' Yesterday or the Lego company?

The Lego company came first, in 1932 (founded). The Beatles' Yesterday followed 33 years later, in 1965 (released).

  1. Second1965

    The Beatles' Yesterday

    song · released

    Paul McCartney wrote the tune of Yesterday with the stand-in words "scrambled eggs".

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

  2. First1932

    The Lego company

    company · founded

    Lego began in 1932 as a carpenter's workshop making wooden toys in Denmark.

    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.