Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: Nikon or the Wall Street Crash?
Nikon came first, in 1917 (founded). The Wall Street Crash followed 12 years later, in 1929.
- First1917
Nikon
company · foundedNikon was founded in Tokyo in 1917 as Nippon Kogaku, a merger of three optical companies.
- Second1929
The Wall Street Crash
event · happenedThe Wall Street Crash of October 1929 helped bring on the Great Depression.
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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.