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1997 Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90
1997 Pioneer 10, ends its mission 1996 Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61 1996 Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer, dies at 91 1996 Michael Jinks, child care pioneer, dies at 59 1996 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93 1996 Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer, dies at 91 1996 Audrey Angers, charity pioneer 1995 Manfred Donike, chemist Drug Test pioneer, dies at 61 1995 Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies at 82 1994 Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76 1994 Andrew Miller-Jones TV pioneer, dies at 84 1994 Marino Iandioro, canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64 1994 Charlotte Auerbach, computer pioneer/mathematician, dies at 84 1994 Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84 1994 Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90 1994 Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64 1994 Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer, dies at 92 1992 John G Kemeny, U.S. computer pioneer (BASIC), dies 1992 Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus 1991 Leigh Watson, U.S. aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 1991 Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 1991 Corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies 1989 Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72 1988 Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies 1988 Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km) 1986 Paul Tournier, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings, dies from carcinoma, Troinex, Switzerland 1984 George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls, dies 1984 Rosser Reeves, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby, dies 1983 Pioneer 10 is 1st man-made object to leave Solar System 1982 Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament 1981 Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament 1981 Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88 1979 Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings 1979 Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader and civil rights pioneer, dies at 90 1978 Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus 1978 Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus 1978 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus 1978 Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings 1978 U.S. launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus 1975 Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies 1974 Pioneer Hall opens 1973 Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter 1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) 1973 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84 1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn 1973 Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter 1973 Edward Steichen, pioneer of U.S. photography, dies at 93 1972 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby 1971 David Sarnoff, U.S. TV pioneer (RCA), dies at 80 1971 Philo T Farnsworth, U.S. TV pioneer, dies at 64 1969 Pioneer 10 launched 1967 U.S. launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit 1966 Margaret Sanger, U.S. feminist/birth control pioneer, dies at 86 1966 Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit 1966 Pioneer 7 launched 1966 Pioneer Plaza dedicated 1965 Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit 1963 Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer, dies 1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus 1959 Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer, pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams 1959 Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles) 1959 U.S. Pioneer IV misses Moon and becomes 2nd (U.S. 1st) artificial planet 1959 1st U.S. probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched 1958 Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at 66 1958 U.S. lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back 1958 2nd U.S. Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back 1958 Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies 1958 Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84 1958 Ice-T, born in Newark, New Jersey, Tracy Marrow, musician, pioneer of gangsta rap, songwriter, actor, Grammy Award winner, author 1955 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70 1955 Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75 1954 Auguste Lumiere, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81 1953 Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64 1952 William Fox, Fried, U.S. film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73 1948 Orville Wright, U.S. aviation pioneer, dies at 76 1947 Bill Fontana, born in Cleveland, Ohio, composer, sound art pioneer, created sounds sculptures in 1976, using urban surroundings as a source of musical information, to evoke visual imagery 1945 Robert H Goddard, U.S., rocket pioneer, dies at 62 1945 Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies 1944 Paul Lansky, born in New York, composer, electronic music, computer music language pioneer, studied with George Perle and Milton Babbitt, professor of music at Princeton University 1942 Desmond Dekker, Dacris, Jamaica, reggae pioneer, Aces-Israelites 1941 Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide 1941 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56 1940 Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens 1940 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 1939 Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems 1939 Peter Phillips, born in Birmingham, England, artist, painter, sculpture, screenprint, lithography, pioneer, Pop Art Movement 1939 Jon Appleton, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, pioneer in electro-acoustic music, won Guggenheim, Fulbright Foundation fellowships 1938 Mike Mainieri, born in the Bronx, New York, jazz fusion vibraphonist, worked with Steps Ahead, pioneer in 'synth-vibe' electronic vibraphone music, recorded with Buddy Rich, Jeremy Steig, featured on Dire Straights tracks 1938 Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies 1937 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43 1936 Michael Jinks, child care pioneer 1935 Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36 1933 Manfred Donike, chemist drug test pioneer 1933 Frederick Henry Royce, motorcar pioneer, dies 1932 Marek Kopelent, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, contemporary music, New Music movement pioneer 1931 Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies 1930 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52 1930 Robert Ashley, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, composer, audio synthesis pioneer, works incorporate extended techniques, electronics 1929 Marino Iandioro, canned Tomato Pioneer 1929 Johan N Block, aviation pioneer, Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland 1928 Sol LeWitt, born in Connecticut, artist, modern art pioneer, famous for wall drawings and "structures" 1926 Bill Justis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, musician, musical arranger, rock and roll pioneer, celebrated for Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" and Australian hit "Tamoure" 1926 Christine Jorgensen, pioneer transsexual 1925 Warren G. Bennis, born in New York City, New York, scholar, author, Leadership Studies pioneer, studied group behavior at MIT, prompting interest in the then-nonexistent field of leadership, published 'Revisionist Theory of Leadership', 1961, stating that humanistic, democratic-style leaders can best manage change in the leadership environment 1923 Norman E. Shumway, born in Michigan, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon 1923 Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer 1921 Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies 1920 John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies 1918 Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer 1917 Jo Stafford, born in California, American pop and jazz singer, pioneer of modern musical parody 1917 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 1916 Robert A Bruce, Maryland, pioneer, exercise cardiology 1915 James Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies 1915 Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65 1912 Alan Turing, mathematician/pioneer in computer theory, Turing Machine 1912 Wilbur Wright, U.S. aviation pioneer, dies 1912 Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer 1910 Mahomed Nissar, cricketer, pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests 1910 Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer 1910 Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer 1910 Charlotte Auerbach, computer Pioneer/Mathematician 1910 Rosser Reeves, born in Danville, Virginia, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby 1910 Leon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies 1909 Jean Batten, New Zealand air pioneer, 1st woman to fly solo England to Australia 1909 Ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65 1908 Michael E DeBakey, artificial heart pioneer 1906 Willa B Brown, Coffey, U.S. black air pioneer, NAAA 1905 Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer 1905 Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer 1904 John Simon, public health pioneer, dies 1904 Charles Richard Drew, pioneer of blood plasma research 1904 Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman 1904 B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pennsylvania, Behaviorism pioneer, Skinner box 1903 Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer 1903 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot 1902 Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer 1900 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer 1900 Graham Spry, St. Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer 1899 Wiley Post, Texas, aviation pioneer 1899 Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals 1898 Paul Tournier, born in Geneva, Switzerland, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings 1897 Ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography 1897 Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator 1896 Philip L Carret, Lynn Massachusetts, CEO, Pioneer Fund 1896 Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies 1896 Jean Piaget, born in Switzerland, pioneer developmental psychologist and zoologist 1896 Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 1894 Lloyd A. Hall, born in Illinois, pioneer in food chemistry 1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, Swiss Air 1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer 1892 Donald Wills Douglas, U.S., aircraft pioneer, McConnell Douglas 1891 H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard 1891 David Sarnoff, U.S., radio/TV pioneer/CEO, RCA 1891 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies 1890 Edwin Howard Armstrong, New York City, radio pioneer inventor, FM 1890 Jack Cusack, pro football pioneer, Canton Bulldogs 1890 Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer, pioneer WI Test player 1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, born in Holland, aircraft pioneer, Spider 1890 Anton Hermann Fokker, avation pioneer 1889 Abel Gance, French film pioneer/actor, Napoleon, J'accuse 1889 Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer/founder/director, KLM 1888 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder, AVRO 1885 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer 1885 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe 1885 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle 1884 Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61 1883 Lester Patrick, NHL pioneer 1883 Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer, Antwerp Devil 1882 Robert Hutchings Goddard, Worcester Massachusetts, rocket pioneer 1880 Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer 1879 William Fox, U.S. film pioneer, Nickelodeon 1877 Bernard Bosanquet, cricketer, pioneer of googly 1877 William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77 1876 Clifford Whittingham Beers, U.S., mental hygiene pioneer 1874 Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer, double decker 1869 Frederik W. Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 1866 George Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies 1866 Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in U.S. chemical industry, Dow Chemical 1865 Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies 1862 Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor, tackling dummy 1860 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer, Nipkow Award 1857 Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st U.S. autos 1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket and space research 1856 Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator, 1st black on U.S. stamp 1854 Bill Murdoch, cricketer, great pioneer of Australian Test cricket 1851 Oliver Joseph Lodge, born in England, early radio pioneer 1850 Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities 1849 Albert J-BJ Thos, Belgian colonial pioneer, Congo 1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology, Nobel 1904 1848 Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator 1846 William Fox Talbot, pioneer photographer/inventor 1844 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer, 1st railway Congo. 1840 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building 1840 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician 1838 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 1836 Maria L Sanford, pioneer educator, PTA 1836 Davy Crockett, U.S. pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49 1836 Fannie M Jackson, pioneer and educator, 1st U.S. Black woman college grad 1834 Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies 1834 William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer 1831 Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer, Studebaker 1828 Albrecht Grafe, pioneer eye surgeon; founded modern ophthalmology 1825 Ann Bailey, pioneer, dies 1824 Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book 1815 Crawford Williamson Long, surgeon/pioneer, use of ether 1815 Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies 1813 Judocus Smits, Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder, The Time 1812 Austin Flint, 19th century heart research pioneer 1804 John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements 1800 Frederik W. Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer 1800 William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer 1797 Joseph Henry, U.S., scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism 1797 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer, Great Pull 1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist 1788 Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga 1787 Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Philadelphia, pioneer of educating the deaf 1785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks 1784 John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Co pioneer in Oregon Country 1783 Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader 1782 Charles Waterton, eccentric naturalist/pioneer 1754 Benjamin Waterhouse, physician, smallpox vaccine pioneer 1745 Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, 1st pioneer balloonist 1745 James Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, 1st pioneer balloonist 1736 Robert Raikes, England, Sunday school pioneer 1619 Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies |
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