Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: the first Paralympics or the first Space Shuttle flight?
The first Paralympics came first, in 1960 (first held). The first Space Shuttle flight followed 21 years later, in 1981 (launched).
- First1960
The first Paralympics
event · first heldThe first Paralympic Games were held in Rome in 1960.
- Second1981
The first Space Shuttle flight
space · launchedThe first Space Shuttle flight, by Columbia, launched in April 1981.
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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.