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Which came first: Cheerios or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?

Cheerios came first, in 1941 (launched). The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe followed 9 years later, in 1950 (published).

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  1. First1941

    Cheerios

    food · launched

    Cheerios first went on sale in 1941 as CheeriOats.

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  2. Second1950

    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    book · published

    The first Narnia book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, came out in 1950.

    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.