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Which came first: Dunkin' Donuts or the birth of Tim Berners-Lee?

Dunkin' Donuts came first, in 1950 (founded). The birth of Tim Berners-Lee followed 5 years later, in 1955.

  1. First1950

    Dunkin' Donuts

    company · founded

    Dunkin' Donuts was founded in Quincy, near Boston, in 1950, when Bill Rosenberg renamed his Open Kettle doughnut shop.

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  2. Second1955

    The birth of Tim Berners-Lee

    person · born

    Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web, was born in 1955.

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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.