Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: The Little Prince or the parking meter?
The parking meter came first, in 1935 (first installed). The Little Prince followed 8 years later, in 1943 (published).
- Second1943
The Little Prince
book · publishedThe Little Prince was first published in 1943 in New York, in English and French.
- First1935
The parking meter
invention · first installedThe first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City in 1935.
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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.