Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: the shopping trolley or the Space Needle?
The shopping trolley came first, in 1937 (invented). The Space Needle followed 25 years later, in 1962 (opened).
- First1937
The shopping trolley
invention · inventedSylvan Goldman invented the shopping trolley in 1937 for his Humpty Dumpty supermarket chain in Oklahoma.
- Second1962
The Space Needle
landmark · openedSeattle's Space Needle was built for the 1962 World's Fair in under a year; its last lift car went in the day before the fair opened.
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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.