🎂 Antoni Gaudí is born (1852)
Where: Reus, Spain
📅 On This Day: June 25
June 25, 1852: Antoni Gaudí is born. Architect Antoni Gaudí was born on this day in 1852 in Reus (or nearby Riudoms) in Catalonia, Spain. He designed curving buildings inspired by shapes in nature, like trees and shells. His masterpiece, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, is still being built today.
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- 1978 🏅 Argentina beat the Netherlands 3–1 in Buenos Aires to win its first ever FIFA World Cup, as fans threw blizzards of paper confetti.
🧠 Question of the day
Gaudí's buildings were inspired by shapes from what?
- Cars
- Nature, like trees and shells
- Robots
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Answer: Nature, like trees and shells
Questions
What happened on June 25?
June 25, 1852: Antoni Gaudí is born. It happened in Reus, Spain.
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