🎉 World Bicycle Day
Where: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nearby on the globe: Zaanse Schans windmills → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: June 3
June 3: World Bicycle Day. Today is World Bicycle Day, declared by the United Nations in 2018. Bicycles are cheap, good for your health and don't pollute the air. In cities with great bike lanes, like Amsterdam in the Netherlands, everyone from kids to grown-ups gets around by bike.
✨ More events on this day
- 1892 🏅 Liverpool Football Club was founded in England, and its fans' song "You'll Never Walk Alone" later became famous around the world.
- 1950 🧭 French climbers Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal reached the top of Annapurna in Nepal, the first time anyone climbed a mountain over 8,000 metres.
- 1965 🚀 During the Gemini 4 mission, astronaut Ed White floated outside his spacecraft for about 20 minutes, making the first American spacewalk.
🧠 Question of the day
Who declared World Bicycle Day?
- A car company
- The Olympic Committee
- The United Nations
Show the answer
Answer: The United Nations
Questions
What happened on June 3?
June 3: World Bicycle Day. It happened in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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