J.K. Rowling published the first Harry Potter book in 1997. The first film in the Star Wars series came two decades earlier in 1977.

The NFL was the American Professional Football Association in 1920, but adopted the name National Football League in 1922. The NBA was the Basketball Associatio

Shortly after the invention of the telephone, Emile Berliner created a transmitter amplifying the noise and thus creating the first microphone in 1876. And Jose

Even though the microscope might seem like a more complicated instrument, it was invented first (around 1590). The stethoscope was not invented until 1816.

The Statue of Liberty was sculpted between 1875 and 1884. The Eiffel Tower was built from 1887 to 1889.

The electric kettle was invited in 1891, whereas the first automatically sliced commercial loaves were first produced in 1928.

Coca-Cola was introduced in 1886. Pepsi was introduced in 1903.

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The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane 1903, but Coca-Cola was first introduced earlier in 1886.

F.A. Mueller invented eye contacts or “scleral lenses” made entirely of glass in 1887. Almost four years later, Jesse Reno invented the first escalator model at

In 1823, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner invented the first lighter. Chemist John Walker wasn’t far behind with his invention of the friction match in 1826. Of cours

Insulin was first injected into a human in 1922. Penicillin was discovered in 1928.