🔬 Lumière brothers patent the Cinématographe (1895)
Where: Lyon, France
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📅 On This Day: February 13
February 13, 1895: Lumière brothers patent the Cinématographe. On 13 February 1895, the Lumière brothers of Lyon, France, patented their "Cinématographe". This one machine could film, print and project movies onto a big screen. At the end of that year in Paris, they held the first shows where people paid to watch films together.
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- 2012 🚀 The European Space Agency launched its new Vega rocket for the first time from French Guiana, carrying a group of small satellites built by students.
🧠 Question of the day
What could the Cinématographe do?
- Film and project movies
- Fly in the sky
- Make phone calls
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Answer: Film and project movies
Questions
What happened on February 13?
February 13, 1895: Lumière brothers patent the Cinématographe. It happened in Lyon, France.
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