📅 February 18 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on February 18? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1885Mark Twain’s "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published in the United States
- 1911The first official airmail flight took off in India, carrying 6,500 letters
- 1930Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto at Lowell Observatory in Arizona
- 1977The Space Shuttle Enterprise "flew" for the first time, riding on top of a jumbo jet
- 2021NASA’s Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars
🎂 Born on February 18
- 🔋 Alessandro Volta (1745) — physicist who made the first battery
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February 18 quiz
In what year? 📚 Mark Twain’s "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published in the United States
In what year? ✈️ The first official airmail flight took off in India, carrying 6,500 letters
In what year? 🪐 Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto at Lowell Observatory in Arizona
Which famous person was born on February 18?