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The Cray-1 (1976) was probably the first 64-bit CPU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing#64-bit_data_t... names Stretch from 01961 as the first natively 64-bit CPU, but maybe there are some that are even older?

I forgot about the IBM 7030 Stretch (1961), which was also 64 bits. The NORC (Naval Ordnance Research Calculator) (1954) had 16 decimal digits, which is sort of 64 bits.

Oh, that's a good point. I didn't know about the NORC.

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