What does this idiom mean: to make history?

[Lalit]

English Idioms and Expressions, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #21 "Expressions with make", question 3

Man's first walk on the moon made history.

(a) was forgotten
(b) is only talked about in history books
(c) was unheard of
(d) was meaningful enough to influence history

English Idioms and Expressions, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #21 "Expressions with make", answer 3

Man's first walk on the moon was meaningful enough to influence history.

Correct answer: (d) was meaningful enough to influence history

Your answer was: incorrect
Man's first walk on the moon was forgotten.
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made history means it is not the present day topic so it means it is forgotten unless and untill it is recalled willingly. lalit

[Lost_Soul]

Your in error...
If something made history, it was recorded in "history books" and was a great and tremendous event with tangible effects on the mankind :)

[Yankee]

Hi Lalit

Please keep in mind that "make history" is an idiom and the sentence is a test of whether or not you know what the idiom means.
definition of "make history"
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