📅 The clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched (1869)
Where: Dumbarton, Scotland
📅 On This Day: November 22
November 22, 1869: The clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched. On this day in 1869, the sailing ship Cutty Sark was launched in Dumbarton, Scotland. Powered only by the wind, she raced across the oceans carrying tea from China and wool from Australia. Today she sits in Greenwich, London, where you can even walk underneath her hull.
✨ More events on this day
- 1574 🧭 Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovered a group of rugged islands off the coast of Chile. Today they are called the Juan Fernández Islands.
- 1935 💡 The China Clipper flying boat began the first commercial air service across the Pacific Ocean, carrying mail from California to Manila in the Philippines.
- 1942 🚀 Guion Bluford was born in Philadelphia, USA. In 1983 he flew on the Space Shuttle and became the first African American to go to space.
🧠 Question of the day
What did the Cutty Sark carry from China?
- Cars
- Oil
- Tea
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Answer: Tea
🎂 Landmarks that opened on November 22
Questions
What happened on November 22?
November 22, 1869: The clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched. It happened in Dumbarton, Scotland.
Which landmarks opened on November 22?
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha (opened 2008).
In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark