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2004 Max Faget, engineer, led the design of the Gemini space capsule, dies at 83
1991 IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1981 Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1969 Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86 1965 Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day 1960 Helen Rees, director, Design Museum 1946 Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show 1935 Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar 1933 Noel Coward's "Design for Living," premieres in New York City 1931 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented, Robert Goddard 1925 David Bache, born in Worcestershire, England, David Ernest Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, established design company David Bache Associates, created the Land Rover, Series II Land Rover 1914 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard 1883 Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect, Bauhaus school of design 1869 Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design 1865 Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag" 1848 Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding design/painter, Rue de Paris 1772 William Congreve, English officer, design fire rocket 1737 Francis Hopkinson, U.S., writer/lawyer, design Stars and Stripes |
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