🎂 A. A. Milne, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, is born (1882)
Where: London, UK
Nearby on the globe: Westminster Abbey → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: January 18
January 18, 1882: A. A. Milne, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, is born. A. A. Milne was born in 1882 in London, England. He wrote the Winnie-the-Pooh stories about his son Christopher Robin's teddy bear and toy friends. Those real toys are now on show at the New York Public Library.
✨ More events on this day
- 1778 🧭 Captain James Cook became the first known European to reach the Hawaiian Islands, where Polynesian voyagers had lived for many centuries.
- 1933 🌿 Botanist David Bellamy was born; his cheerful TV shows taught millions of people to love plants, wild places and the natural world.
- 1983 🏅 The International Olympic Committee gave Jim Thorpe's 1912 Olympic gold medals back to his family, decades after they had been unfairly taken away.
🧠 Question of the day
Where are the real Pooh toys today?
- A toy shop in Tokyo
- New York Public Library
- The Louvre in Paris
Show the answer
Answer: New York Public Library
Questions
What happened on January 18?
January 18, 1882: A. A. Milne, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, is born. It happened in London, UK.
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