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📅 October 15 in the Time Tunnel

What happened on October 15? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.

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⏳ On this day in history

  1. 1783A Montgolfier hot-air balloon carried a person into the sky for the first time (on a tether)
  2. 1928The airship Graf Zeppelin finished its first flight across the Atlantic
  3. 1956Fortran, the first widely used programming language, was shared with programmers
  4. 1989Wayne Gretzky became the all-time top point scorer in the NHL
  5. 1997NASA’s Cassini spacecraft launched toward Saturn

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October 15 quiz

  1. In what year? 🎈 A Montgolfier hot-air balloon carried a person into the sky for the first time (on a tether)

  2. In what year? 🎈 The airship Graf Zeppelin finished its first flight across the Atlantic

  3. In what year? 💻 Fortran, the first widely used programming language, was shared with programmers

  4. Which famous person was born on October 15?