Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: the first jet plane or the birth of Steve Jobs?
The first jet plane came first, in 1939 (first flight). The birth of Steve Jobs followed 16 years later, in 1955.
- First1939
The first jet plane
aircraft · first flightThe first jet plane, the Heinkel He 178, flew in August 1939, only days before Germany invaded Poland.
- Second1955
The birth of Steve Jobs
person · bornSteve Jobs was born in San Francisco in 1955 and was adopted as a baby.
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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.