📅 February 12 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on February 12? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1541Santiago, the capital of Chile, was founded
- 1832Ecuador took over the Galápagos Islands, home of the giant tortoises
- 1947A giant iron meteorite fell in Russia, making the biggest crater anyone had seen form up to then
- 2001NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft landed on the asteroid Eros
🎂 Born on February 12
- 🎩 Abraham Lincoln (1809) — 16th President of the United States
- 🐢 Charles Darwin (1809) — scientist who explained evolution
- 🩰 Anna Pavlova (1881) — ballerina
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February 12 quiz
In what year? 🏙️ Santiago, the capital of Chile, was founded
In what year? 🐢 Ecuador took over the Galápagos Islands, home of the giant tortoises
In what year? ☄️ A giant iron meteorite fell in Russia, making the biggest crater anyone had seen form up to then
Which famous person was born on February 12?