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Which came first: the shopping trolley or The Sound of Music?
The shopping trolley came first, in 1937 (invented). The Sound of Music followed 28 years later, in 1965 (released).
- First1937
The shopping trolley
invention · inventedSylvan Goldman invented the shopping trolley in 1937 for his Humpty Dumpty supermarket chain in Oklahoma.
- Second1965
The Sound of Music
film · releasedThe Sound of Music film came out in 1965, six years after the stage show.
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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.