🎉 World Bee Day
Where: Breznica, Slovenia
📅 On This Day: May 20
May 20: World Bee Day. Today is World Bee Day. It marks the day in 1734 when Anton Janša, a pioneer of beekeeping from Slovenia, was baptized. Bees carry pollen from flower to flower, helping the fruits and vegetables we eat to grow.
✨ More events on this day
- 1570 🧭 Mapmaker Abraham Ortelius published Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, a book that collected maps of the whole known world.
- 1873 💡 Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a patent for work trousers strengthened with copper rivets, the invention of blue jeans.
- 1964 🔬 Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias discovered the cosmic microwave background, a faint glow left over from the Big Bang that fills the whole sky.
🧠 Question of the day
What do bees carry from flower to flower?
- Pollen
- Seeds
- Water drops
Show the answer
Answer: Pollen
🎂 Landmarks that opened on May 20
Questions
What happened on May 20?
May 20: World Bee Day. It happened in Breznica, Slovenia.
Which landmarks opened on May 20?
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (completed 1888), El Capitolio (completed 1929).
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