Which came first? · Counterintuitive

Which came first: the death of Harriet Tubman or Take Me Out to the Ball Game?

Take Me Out to the Ball Game came first, in 1908 (published). The death of Harriet Tubman followed 5 years later, in 1913.

  1. Second1913

    The death of Harriet Tubman

    person · dies

    Harriet Tubman, who led enslaved people to freedom, lived until 1913.

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  2. First1908

    Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    song · published

    Take Me Out to the Ball Game was written in 1908 by men who had never been to a baseball game.

    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.