📅 The Terracotta Army is discovered (1974)
Where: Terracotta Army, Xi'an, China
📅 On This Day: March 29
March 29, 1974: The Terracotta Army is discovered. On 29 March 1974, farmers digging a well near Xi'an, China, found pieces of a clay soldier. It was part of the Terracotta Army that guarded the tomb of the First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Thousands of life-size soldiers have been found, and each face is a little different.
✨ More events on this day
- 1871 🏛️ Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall in London, a huge round concert hall that now hosts the summer music festival called the Proms.
- 1927 🏅 The Sunbeam 1000hp car broke the land speed record on the sand at Daytona Beach, Florida, the first car to go faster than 200 miles per hour.
- 1974 🚀 NASA's Mariner 10 became the first spacecraft to fly past Mercury, the small planet closest to the Sun, and photographed its cratered surface.
🧠 Question of the day
What were the farmers doing when they found it?
- Digging a well
- Fishing
- Flying kites
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Answer: Digging a well
Questions
What happened on March 29?
March 29, 1974: The Terracotta Army is discovered. It happened in Terracotta Army, Xi'an, China.
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