Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: Citizen Kane or the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic?
The first nonstop flight across the Atlantic came first, in 1919 (flown). Citizen Kane followed 22 years later, in 1941 (released).
- Second1941
Citizen Kane
film · releasedCitizen Kane, released in 1941, was Orson Welles's first feature film, yet RKO gave the untried director final cut.
- First1919
The first nonstop flight across the Atlantic
event · flownAlcock and Brown flew nonstop across the Atlantic in 1919, eight years before Lindbergh.
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