On this day in 1978, three Americans became the first people to complete a transatlantic trip in a balloon. They traveled 3,200 miles in 137 hours, 18 minutes.
Vocabulary
What does the word transatlantic mean? List other words that you know the the prefix trans. Give their meanings.
Math
They traveled 3,200 miles in 137 hours, 18 minutes. What was their speed?
On this day in 1896, George Washington Carmack discovered gold in the Klondike region of the Yukon at Bonanza Creek. During the following year, more than 30,000 people joined the gold rush to the area. Read more about it here.
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