📅 May 12 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on May 12? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1364Jagiellonian University, the oldest in Poland, was founded in Kraków
- 1551The oldest university in the Americas was founded in Lima, Peru
- 1926The airship Norge became the first aircraft to fly over the North Pole
- 1941Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the world’s first working programmable computer
🎂 Born on May 12
- 🩺 Florence Nightingale (1820) — founder of modern nursing
- 🛹 Tony Hawk (1968) — skateboarder
May 12 quiz
In what year? 🎓 Jagiellonian University, the oldest in Poland, was founded in Kraków
In what year? 🎓 The oldest university in the Americas was founded in Lima, Peru
In what year? 🎈 The airship Norge became the first aircraft to fly over the North Pole
Which famous person was born on May 12?