🎨 Japan's cherry trees are planted in Washington (1912)
These flowers of friendship, more than 100 years old, still bloom every year.
Where: Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C., USA
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📅 On This Day: March 27
March 27, 1912: Japan's cherry trees are planted in Washington. On 27 March 1912, the first cherry trees sent by Tokyo City as a gift of friendship were planted by the Potomac River in Washington, D. C. Since then, a Cherry Blossom Festival has been held there every spring.
✨ More events on this day
- 1724 🌿 Jane Colden was born in New York; she drew and described more than 300 local plants and is called the first female botanist in America.
- 1854 🔬 Zoologist Giovanni Battista Grassi was born in Italy; he showed that malaria is spread to people by one kind of mosquito, the Anopheles.
- 1976 💡 The first section of the Washington Metro opened in the US capital, and its stations are famous for their giant waffle-patterned ceilings.
🧠 Question of the day
Who gave the cherry trees to Washington?
- Paris, France
- Sydney, Australia
- Tokyo City, Japan
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Answer: Tokyo City, Japan
Questions
What happened on March 27?
March 27, 1912: Japan's cherry trees are planted in Washington. It happened in Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C., USA.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cherry_Blossom_Festival