📅 August 12 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on August 12? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
🎉 Special days
- 🐘 World Elephant Day
⏳ On this day in history
- 1851Isaac Singer received a patent for his sewing machine
- 1865Joseph Lister performed the first surgery using his germ-killing, keep-it-clean method
- 1981IBM released its Personal Computer
- 1990Sue, one of the most complete T. rex skeletons ever, was found in South Dakota
🎂 Born on August 12
- 🐈 Erwin Schrödinger (1887) — physicist
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August 12 quiz
In what year? 🧵 Isaac Singer received a patent for his sewing machine
In what year? 🏥 Joseph Lister performed the first surgery using his germ-killing, keep-it-clean method
In what year? 💻 IBM released its Personal Computer
Which famous person was born on August 12?