🌿 The US National Park Service is born (1916)
Where: Yellowstone National Park
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📅 On This Day: August 25
August 25, 1916: The US National Park Service is born. On 25 August 1916, the National Park Service was created in the United States to look after its national parks. Yellowstone, the first national park, had been set up earlier, in 1872. Today the service protects more than 400 parks and historic places.
✨ More events on this day
- 1609 🔬 Galileo Galilei showed his first telescope to the lawmakers of Venice in 1609, and soon he turned it to the sky to study the Moon and planets.
- 1875 🏅 Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel in 1875, paddling from Dover to Calais in nearly 22 hours.
- 1958 💡 Momofuku Ando started selling Chikin Ramen in 1958, the world's first instant noodles, ready to eat after just adding hot water.
🧠 Question of the day
What was the first national park?
- Central Park
- The Grand Canyon
- Yellowstone
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Answer: Yellowstone
Questions
What happened on August 25?
August 25, 1916: The US National Park Service is born. It happened in Yellowstone National Park.
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