Older Than deck
Which came first? Every item has one date and says what the date means: opened, first published, patented, discovered. Practice rounds never change your daily streak.
Ten duels across the whole deck, easy to hard.
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Inventions and everyday things
- 3D printing by stereolithographypatented
- Accordionpatented
- Air conditioning (Carrier)first installed
- Air-filled bicycle tyre (Dunlop)patented
- Backless bra (Phelps Jacob)patented
- Ballpoint pen (first patent)patented
- Barcodepatented
- Barometerinvented
- Bubble chamberinvented
- Cash register (Ritty’s patent)patented
- Christmas cardfirst made
- Clear sticky tape (Drew)developed
- Compact Cassetteintroduced
- Compact Disc (audio)first on sale
- Computer mouseinvented
- Crossword puzzlefirst published
- Dishwasher (Cochran’s patent)patented
- DVD playerfirst on sale (Japan)
- Dynamiteinvented
- Earmuffs (Greenwood’s patent)patented
- Electric battery (Volta’s pile)invented
- Esperantofirst published
- Falling-block puzzle game (Pajitnov)first program
- Fax machine (first patent)patented
- Ferris wheelfirst built
- First fully synthetic plasticdeveloped
- Flat-bottomed paper-bag machinepatented
- Hand-cranked ice-cream makerpatented
- Hook-and-loop fastenerpatented (US)
- Jigsaw puzzlefirst made
- Kaleidoscopeinvented
- Laserfirst built
- Lightning rodinvented
- Lithium-ion batteryfirst on sale
- Lockstitch sewing machine (Howe)patented
- Mechanical reaper (McCormick)patented
- Microchip (integrated circuit)invented
- Microwave cookingdiscovered
- Nylonfirst made
- Parachute jumpfirst made
- Pasteurisationinvented
- Phonographinvented
- Pianoinvented
- Pop-up toaster (Strite’s patent)patented
- Portable electric vacuum cleanerpatented
- Portland cementpatented
- Postage stamp (Penny Black)first issued
- Postcardfirst issued
- PTFE (non-stick plastic)discovered
- QR codeintroduced
- Reusable “low-tack” gluediscovered
- Rubik’s rotating-cube puzzlefirst prototype
- Safety pin (Hunt’s patent)patented
- Screw-top preserving jar (Mason)patented
- Spinning jennyinvented
- Stethoscopeinvented
- Stud-and-tube toy brickpatent applied for
- Sudokufirst published
- Super-strong aramid fibre (Kwolek)discovered in the lab
- Telephone (Bell’s patent)patented
- Traffic lightfirst installed
- Transistorinvented
- USB 1.0introduced
- Vacuum flask (Dewar)invented
- Visible-light LEDdemonstrated
- Vulcanised rubber (Goodyear)patented
- Walking spring toypatented
- Windscreen wiper (Anderson’s patent)patented
- World Wide Webproposed
- Zip fastener (Sundback)patented
Buildings and landmarks
- Arch of Constantinededicated
- Atomiumopened
- Bayonne Bridgeopened to traffic
- Berlin TV Towerstarted operating
- Brandenburg Gatecompleted
- British Library (St Pancras)officially opened
- Bronx–Whitestone Bridgeopened to traffic
- Brooklyn Bridgeopened
- Brooklyn–Battery Tunnelopened to traffic
- Burj Khalifaopened
- Canton Toweropened to the public
- Channel Tunnelopened
- Christ the Redeemerinaugurated
- Chrysler Buildingcompleted
- Clifton Suspension Bridgeopened
- CN Towercompleted
- Cologne Cathedralofficially completed
- Colosseumopened
- Crystal Palaceopened (Hyde Park)
- Dome of the Rockcompleted
- Eiffel Toweropened
- Empire State Buildingcompleted
- Flamsteed House (Greenwich)completed
- Florence Cathedral domedome completed
- Forth Bridgeofficially opened
- Gateway Archcompleted
- Golden Gate Bridgeopened
- Hadrian’s Wallconstruction began
- Hagia Sophia (today’s building)completed
- Hoover Damcompleted
- Leaning Tower of Pisaconstruction began
- London Eyeopened for rides
- Mafra Basilicaconsecrated
- Manhattan Bridgeopened to traffic
- Neuschwanstein Castleconstruction began
- Notre-Dame de Parisconstruction began
- Øresund Bridgeopened
- Oslo Opera Houseopened
- Palais Garnierinaugurated
- Panama Canalopened
- Parthenonconstruction began
- Petronas Twin Towerscompleted
- Pont Neufcompleted
- Ponte Vecchio (today’s bridge)completed
- Queen Victoria Buildingopened
- Queens Midtown Tunnelopened to traffic
- Queensboro Bridgeopened to traffic
- Rialto Bridge (stone)completed
- Royal Albert Hallofficially opened
- Sagrada Famíliaconstruction began
- Shakespeare’s Globe (rebuilt)officially opened
- Space Needleopened
- Spanish Stepscompleted
- St. Peter’s Basilicaconstruction began
- Statue of Libertydedicated
- Stonehenge (first stage)first built
- Suez Canalopened
- Sydney Harbour Bridgeopened
- Sydney Opera Houseopened
- Taipei 101completed
- Throgs Neck Bridgeopened to traffic
- Tokyo Towercompleted
- Tower Bridgecompleted
- Trajan’s Columndedicated
- Trevi Fountaincompleted
- Triborough Bridgeopened to traffic
- Verrazzano–Narrows Bridgeopened to traffic
- Washington Monumentcompleted
- White Housefirst lived in
- Williamsburg Bridgeopened to traffic
Places, institutions and traditions
- Académie françaisefounded
- Australian National Universityestablished
- Bank of Englandfounded
- Basketballinvented
- Bostonfounded
- Brasíliainaugurated
- British Museumfounded
- Canberraconstruction began
- Chicago (as a city)incorporated
- Chitwan National Parkbecame a national park
- Columbia Universityfounded (as King’s College)
- Dovre National Parkestablished
- FA Cup (first season)first held
- FIFAfounded
- Food and Agriculture Organizationestablished
- Gutulia National Parkestablished
- Harvard Universityfounded
- International Olympic Committeefounded
- Jamestown, Virginiafounded
- Johns Hopkins Universityformally opened
- Kruger National Parkformed
- Kyoto Universityfounded (as Kyoto Imperial University)
- Leiden Universityfounded
- Library of Congressfounded
- Louvre (as a museum)opened
- Metropolitan Museum of Artfounded
- Monash Universityestablished
- Moscow State Universityfounded by decree
- NASAfounded
- Nobel Prize (first awarded)first awarded
- Peking Universityfounded (as the Imperial University of Peking)
- Plitvice Lakes National Parkbecame a national park
- Quebec Cityfounded
- Red Cross (international committee)founded
- Rondane National Parkestablished
- Royal Geographical Societyfounded
- Royal Societyfounded
- Saint Petersburgfounded
- Scoutingfounded
- Smithsonian Institutionfounded
- Stanford Universityfounded (founding grant)
- Sydneyfounded
- Tour de France (first race)first held
- UEFAfounded
- UNICEFestablished
- United Nationsfounded
- University of Buenos Airesestablished
- University of Californiafounded
- University of Cambridgefounded
- University of Coimbrafounded (in Lisbon)
- University of Copenhagenfounded
- University of Glasgowfounded
- University of Grazfounded
- University of Groningenfounded (as an academy)
- University of Melbourneestablished
- University of New South Walesincorporated
- University of Otagofounded
- University of Queenslandestablished by act
- University of Sydneyfounded by act of parliament
- University of Tartufounded (as Academia Gustaviana)
- University of Tokyoestablished
- University of Viennafounded
- University of Western Australiaestablished
- Uppsala Universityfounded
- Volleyballinvented
- Washington, D.C.site chosen
- World Health Organizationconstitution in force
- World Organisation for Animal Healthfounded (as the OIE)
- Yale Universityfounded
- Yellowstone National Parkfounded
Books, art, music and films
- Aida (Verdi)first performed
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderlandfirst published
- American Gothic (Wood)painted
- Animal Farmfirst published
- Bicycle Thieves (film)released
- Boléro (Ravel)premiered
- Carmen (Bizet)first performed
- Casablanca (film)released
- Catch-22first published
- City Lights (film)released
- Così fan tutte (Mozart)first performed
- Don Giovanni (Mozart)first performed
- Don Quixote (part one)first published
- Fahrenheit 451 (novel)first published
- Falstaff (Verdi)first performed
- Frankensteinfirst published
- Grimms’ Fairy Tales (first volume)first published
- Guernica (Picasso)painted
- Gulliver’s Travelsfirst published
- Jane Eyrefirst published
- La bohème (Puccini)first performed
- La traviata (Verdi)first performed
- Leaves of Grass (first edition)first published
- Les Misérablesfirst published
- Little Women (first part)first published
- Lohengrin (Wagner)first performed
- Madama Butterfly (Puccini)first performed
- Metropolis (film)released
- Micrographia (Hooke)first published
- Moby-Dickfirst published
- Modern Times (film)released
- Mona Lisabegun
- Nighthawks (Hopper)painted
- Nineteen Eighty-Fourfirst published
- On the Origin of Speciesfirst published
- Otello (Verdi)first performed
- Parsifal (Wagner)first performed
- Pather Panchali (film)released
- Pride and Prejudicefirst published
- Rhapsody in Bluepremiered
- Rigoletto (Verdi)first performed
- Robinson Crusoefirst published
- Romeo and Julietfirst published
- Seven Samurai (film)released
- Swan Lake (ballet)premiered
- Tannhäuser (Wagner)first performed
- The 400 Blows (film)released
- The Adventures of Pinocchiofirst published as a book
- The Call of the Wildfirst published
- The Grapes of Wrathfirst published
- The Great Gatsbyfirst published
- The Hobbitfirst published
- The Jungle Bookfirst published
- The Kid (film)released
- The Little Princefirst published
- The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)first performed
- The Night Watch (Rembrandt)painted
- The Nutcracker (ballet)premiered
- The Scarlet Letterfirst published
- The Scream (Munch)painted
- The Three Musketeersfirst published
- The Wizard of Oz (film)released
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (book)first published
- Things Fall Apartfirst published
- To Kill a Mockingbirdfirst published
- Tokyo Story (film)released
- Tosca (Puccini)first performed
- Tristan und Isolde (Wagner)first performed
- Turandot (Puccini)first performed
- Waldenfirst published
Events and discoveries
- Aluminiumfirst produced (impure)
- Battle of Actiumfought
- Battle of Hastingshappened
- Battle of Marathonfought
- Battle of Salamisfought
- Boronfirst obtained (impure)
- Caesar crosses the Rubiconhappened
- Calciumfirst isolated
- DNA double helixdescribed
- Electrondiscovered
- Eruption of Vesuvius that buried Pompeiihappened
- Explorer 1 launchedlaunched
- First ascent of Kilimanjarohappened
- First ascent of Mont Blanchappened
- First ascent of Mount Everesthappened
- First ascent of the Matterhornhappened
- First Boston Marathonfirst run
- First Cannes Film Festivalfirst full festival
- First Edinburgh Fringe showsfirst performances
- First Eurovision Song Contestfirst held
- First flight across the English Channelhappened
- First football World Cupfirst held
- First human heart transplanthappened
- First human in space (Gagarin)happened
- First journey to the South Polehappened
- First long-distance telegram (Morse)happened
- First Moon landing (Apollo 11)happened
- First Rugby World Cupfirst held
- First smallpox vaccination (Jenner)happened
- First solo flight across the Atlantichappened
- First Space Shuttle flightfirst orbital flight
- First Venice Film Festivalfirst held
- First Winter Olympicsfirst held
- First woman in spaceflew
- Heliumseen in sunlight
- Hydrogenidentified as a gas
- Independence of Fijiindependence
- Independence of Ghanaindependence
- Independence of Indiaindependence
- Independence of Jamaicaindependence
- Independence of Kenyaindependence
- Independence of Namibiaindependence
- Independence of Papua New Guineaindependence
- Independence of Singaporeindependence
- Luna 2 reaches the Moonhit the Moon
- Luna 9 lands on the Moonlanded
- Magna Cartasealed
- Moon’s far side photographedphotographed by Luna 3
- Neptunediscovered
- Nickeldiscovered
- Okapidescribed by science
- Penicillindiscovered
- Phosphorusfirst made
- Plutodiscovered
- Potassiumfirst isolated
- Radium (the Curies)discovered
- Rosetta Stonefound
- Scandiumdiscovered
- Siliconfirst prepared
- Sinking of the Titanichappened
- Sodiumfirst isolated
- Sputnik 1 launchedlaunched
- Terracotta Armyfound
- Titaniumdiscovered in a mineral
- Tutankhamun’s tombfound
- Uranusdiscovered
- US Declaration of Independencesigned
- Venera 7 lands on Venuslanded
- Wright brothers’ first powered flighthappened
- X-raysdiscovered