🎂 Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince (1900)
Where: Lyon, France
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📅 On This Day: June 29
June 29, 1900: Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who wrote The Little Prince, was born on this day in 1900 in Lyon, France. He was a pilot who flew mail planes, and he once crash-landed in a desert. That is why the pilot in The Little Prince meets the little prince in the Sahara.
✨ More events on this day
- 1868 🔬 Astronomer George Ellery Hale was born in Chicago; he built some of the world's biggest telescopes and discovered that sunspots are magnetic.
- 1995 🚀 Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir for the first time, and American and Russian crews shook hands in orbit.
- 2007 💡 Apple released its first iPhone, a phone with a big touchscreen instead of buttons, which changed how people around the world use phones.
🧠 Question of the day
What was Saint-Exupéry's job?
- Airplane pilot
- Chef
- Fisherman
Show the answer
Answer: Airplane pilot
🎂 Landmarks that opened on June 29
Questions
What happened on June 29?
June 29, 1900: Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince. It happened in Lyon, France.
Which landmarks opened on June 29?
Supertree Grove, Gardens by the Bay (opened 2012).
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