Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: The Cat in the Hat or Walmart?
The Cat in the Hat came first, in 1957 (published). Walmart followed 5 years later, in 1962 (founded).
- First1957
The Cat in the Hat
book · publishedThe Cat in the Hat, from 1957, uses only a couple of hundred different words.
- Second1962
Walmart
company · foundedSam Walton opened the first Walmart in Arkansas in 1962.
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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.