π Rosa Parks keeps her bus seat (1955)
Where: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Nearby on the globe: Westin Peachtree Plaza β π Open the 3D globe
π On This Day: December 1
December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks keeps her bus seat. On this day in 1955 in Montgomery, USA, Rosa Parks was told to give up her bus seat because she was Black, and she quietly said 'No'. Her brave act helped spark a movement for treating everyone equally. That very bus is now in a museum, and visitors can climb aboard.
β¨ More events on this day
- 1913 π‘ The Buenos Aires Metro began running in Argentina. It was the first underground railway in the Southern Hemisphere and in all of Latin America.
- 1940 π‘ Engineer Jerry Lawson was born in New York. He led the team behind the first home video game console that used swappable game cartridges.
- 1990 π‘ Workers digging the Channel Tunnel from Britain and from France met deep beneath the seabed, joining the two halves of the tunnel under the sea.
π§ Question of the day
Where is Rosa Parks's bus today?
- In a museum
- Still driving on the road
- Under the sea
Show the answer
Answer: In a museum
π Landmarks that opened on December 1
Questions
What happened on December 1?
December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks keeps her bus seat. It happened in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.
Which landmarks opened on December 1?
Burj Al Arab (opened 1999).
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.
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