📅 February 11 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on February 11? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
🎉 Special days
- 👩🔬 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
⏳ On this day in history
- 1938The BBC aired the world’s first science-fiction TV program
- 1963The Beatles recorded their first album in a single day
- 1970Japan launched its satellite Ohsumi, becoming the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit
- 1999Pluto crossed Neptune’s orbit again and went back to being farther from the Sun
🎂 Born on February 11
- 💡 Thomas Edison (1847) — inventor of the phonograph and a practical light bulb
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February 11 quiz
In what year? 📺 The BBC aired the world’s first science-fiction TV program
In what year? 🎵 The Beatles recorded their first album in a single day
In what year? 🛰️ Japan launched its satellite Ohsumi, becoming the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit
Which famous person was born on February 11?