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Which came first: The Beatles' Yesterday or the transistor?

The transistor came first, in 1947 (invented). The Beatles' Yesterday followed 18 years later, in 1965 (released).

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  1. Second1965

    The Beatles' Yesterday

    song · released

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

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  2. First1947

    The transistor

    invention · invented

    The transistor was invented at Bell Labs in December 1947.

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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.