📅 January 6 in the Time Tunnel

What happened on January 6? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.

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⏳ On this day in history

  1. 1838Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse demonstrated a telegraph that sent messages with dots and dashes
  2. 1912Scientist Alfred Wegener first presented his idea that the continents move — "continental drift"
  3. 1947Pan Am became the first airline to sell a round-the-world ticket

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January 6 quiz

  1. In what year? 📡 Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse demonstrated a telegraph that sent messages with dots and dashes

  2. In what year? 🌍 Scientist Alfred Wegener first presented his idea that the continents move — "continental drift"

  3. In what year? ✈️ Pan Am became the first airline to sell a round-the-world ticket

  4. Which famous person was born on January 6?