Which came first? · Counterintuitive

Which came first: the first credit card or the birth of Tim Berners-Lee?

The first credit card came first, in 1950 (first issued). The birth of Tim Berners-Lee followed 5 years later, in 1955.

  1. First1950

    The first credit card

    product · first issued

    The Diners Club card of 1950 came from the world's first independent payment card company and began with 27 restaurants.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

  2. Second1955

    The birth of Tim Berners-Lee

    person · born

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

    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.