📅 August 11 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on August 11? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1929Babe Ruth became the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs
- 1942Actress Hedy Lamarr received a patent for an invention that helps today’s wireless technology
- 1962Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev became the first person to float freely inside his spacecraft
- 1991Nickelodeon premiered its first "Nicktoons" cartoons
🎂 Born on August 11
- 📕 Enid Blyton (1897) — author of "The Famous Five"
- 🍎 Steve Wozniak (1950) — co-founder of Apple
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August 11 quiz
In what year? ⚾ Babe Ruth became the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs
In what year? 📶 Actress Hedy Lamarr received a patent for an invention that helps today’s wireless technology
In what year? 👨🚀 Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev became the first person to float freely inside his spacecraft
Which famous person was born on August 11?