🌿 World Lion Day
Where: Livingstone (by Victoria Falls), Zambia
📅 On This Day: August 10
August 10: World Lion Day. 10 August is World Lion Day. It was first held in 2013 in Livingstone, Zambia, started by two people working for a lion conservation charity. Livingstone is the town right next to the mighty Victoria Falls.
✨ More events on this day
- 1519 🧭 Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville in 1519 on a voyage that would become the first journey all the way around the world.
- 1856 💡 William Willett was born in 1856; he campaigned to move clocks forward in summer for more evening daylight, the idea behind British Summer Time.
- 1990 🚀 NASA's Magellan probe, named after the explorer, reached Venus in 1990 and used radar to map the hot planet's surface through its thick clouds.
🧠 Question of the day
What is right next to Livingstone?
- Mount Everest
- The Sahara Desert
- Victoria Falls
Show the answer
Answer: Victoria Falls
🐾 World day: World Lion Day
Lions are the only cats that live in groups called prides. A male's roar can be heard 8 km away.
Questions
What happened on August 10?
August 10: World Lion Day. It happened in Livingstone (by Victoria Falls), Zambia.
In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.