Which came first? · Tricky

Which came first: the death of Geronimo or Sliced bread?

The death of Geronimo came first, in 1909. Sliced bread followed 19 years later, in 1928 (first sold).

  1. First1909

    The death of Geronimo

    person · dies

    Geronimo, the Apache leader, died in 1909; he rode in a president's inauguration parade in 1905.

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  2. Second1928

    Sliced bread

    food · first sold

    Sliced bread first went on sale in 1928, in Chillicothe, Missouri.

    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.