📅 On This Day: December 28

December 28, 1895: The Lumière brothers' first film show. On this day in 1895, in a basement room of the Grand Café in Paris, the Lumière brothers held the first public film show with paying audiences. They showed ten short films, each under a minute long, such as workers leaving a factory.

🎨 The Lumière brothers' first film show (1895)

This day is often called the birthday of cinema.

Where: Grand Café, Paris

Nearby on the globe: Louvre Pyramid → 🌍 Open the 3D globe

✨ More events on this day

1882 🔬 Astronomer Arthur Eddington was born in England. In 1919 he watched a solar eclipse to test Einstein's theory, showing that gravity bends starlight.
1912 💡 San Francisco's first city-owned streetcars began running. The city's Municipal Railway, called 'Muni', still carries people around San Francisco today.
1958 🏅 The Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants in the first NFL game ever decided in sudden-death overtime. Fans still call it 'The Greatest Game Ever Played'.

🧠 Question of the day

How long was each film shown that day?

All day
Two hours
Under a minute

Show the answer

Answer: Under a minute

🎂 Landmarks that opened on December 28

Westminster Abbeyconsecrated 1065

Questions

What happened on December 28?

December 28, 1895: The Lumière brothers' first film show. It happened in Grand Café, Paris.

Which landmarks opened on December 28?

Westminster Abbey (consecrated 1065).

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.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_Indien_du_Grand_Café