Which came first? · Tricky

Which came first: the cash machine or the birth of Taylor Swift?

The cash machine came first, in 1967 (first installed). The birth of Taylor Swift followed 22 years later, in 1989.

  1. First1967

    The cash machine

    invention · first installed

    The cash machine generally seen as the world's first opened at a Barclays bank in London in June 1967.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

  2. Second1989

    The birth of Taylor Swift

    person · born

    Taylor Swift was born in December 1989 in Pennsylvania.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

All which-came-first pairs · About Older Than You Think · Quiz games

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.