📅 February 3 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on February 3? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1488Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the southern tip of Africa and landed in South Africa
- 1690Massachusetts printed the first paper money in the Americas
- 1966The Soviet probe Luna 9 made the first soft landing on the Moon
- 1995Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot a Space Shuttle
🎂 Born on February 3
- 🎹 Felix Mendelssohn (1809) — composer
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February 3 quiz
In what year? ⛵ Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the southern tip of Africa and landed in South Africa
In what year? 💵 Massachusetts printed the first paper money in the Americas
In what year? 🌕 The Soviet probe Luna 9 made the first soft landing on the Moon
Which famous person was born on February 3?