Which came first? · Tricky

Which came first: the first jet plane or the first Super Bowl?

The first jet plane came first, in 1939 (first flight). The first Super Bowl followed 28 years later, in 1967 (played).

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  1. First1939

    The first jet plane

    aircraft · first flight

    The first jet plane, the Heinkel He 178, flew in August 1939, only days before Germany invaded Poland.

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  2. Second1967

    The first Super Bowl

    event · played

    The first Super Bowl, in 1967, did not even sell out its stadium.

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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.