Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis or The War of the Worlds?
The War of the Worlds came first, in 1897 (first serialised). Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis followed 30 years later, in 1927 (first flight).
- Second1927
Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis
aircraft · first flightCharles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis nonstop from New York to Paris in May 1927.
- First1897
The War of the Worlds
book · first serialisedThe War of the Worlds first ran as a magazine serial in 1897, long before the 1938 radio play.
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