Day of German Unity
The Berlin Wall famously fell in November 1989, but Germany didn’t reunify until the following year, on this October date
What is October 3rd?
Apollo 11 launched from this U.S. state, known for rockets, oranges, and alligators
What is Florida?
October babies fall under these two zodiac signs.
What are Libra and Scorpio?
East Germany’s official name was the GDR. The “R” stood for this.
What is Republic?
The Saturn V rocket used for Apollo 11 stood taller than this American landmark.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
October’s full moon closest to the autumn equinox is known as this special moon.
What is the Harvest Moon?
After reunification, Berlin became the capital. Until 1999, this city served as the seat of government.
What is Bonn?
The famous quote “Houston, we have a problem” actually came from this Apollo mission, not Apollo 11.
What is Apollo 13?
This Nobel Prize ceremony takes place every October, but not in Sweden’s capital.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway?
Before reunification, the Berlin Wall divided the city into East and West. This famous checkpoint was a key crossing point.
What is Checkpoint Charlie?
This U.S. President famously set the goal of landing a man on the Moon before 1970.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
October 31st was originally a Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest and the start of winter. It’s now better known as this.
What is Halloween?
The Treaty that officially sealed reunification was signed by both German states and these four countries that had occupied Germany after WWII.
Who are the USA, USSR, UK, and France?
While Apollo 11 was the first Moon landing, this was the last Apollo mission to land on the Moon, in 1972.
What is Apollo 17?
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched this first artificial satellite into orbit, sparking the Space Race.
What is Sputnik 1?