Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: the cash machine or the Chernobyl disaster?
The cash machine came first, in 1967 (first installed). The Chernobyl disaster followed 19 years later, in 1986.
- First1967
The cash machine
invention · first installedThe cash machine generally seen as the world's first opened at a Barclays bank in London in June 1967.
- Second1986
The Chernobyl disaster
event · happenedThe Chernobyl reactor exploded in April 1986.
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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.