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Which came first: The Lion King or the World Wide Web?

The World Wide Web came first, in 1989 (invented). The Lion King followed 5 years later, in 1994 (released).

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  1. Second1994

    The Lion King

    film · released

    The Lion King, from 1994, was the highest-grossing animated film of its time.

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  2. First1989

    The World Wide Web

    invention · invented

    Tim Berners-Lee proposed the web at CERN in March 1989, without even giving the system a name.

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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.