Arthur C. Clarke was born on 16 December 1917 in Minehead. A British science fiction writer, inventor and futurist, Clarke was one of the most influential authors in his genre. His works include Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama and 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he wrote together with Stanley Kubrick, and which became one of the most celebrated films. In a 1945 article he proposed the idea of communications satellites in geostationary orbit, which has led to the orbit being called the Clarke orbit. He served as a radar specialist in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. He moved to Sri Lanka in 1956, where he lived for the rest of his life and pursued his interest in scuba diving.
Before and after
- 15 November 1917Death of Émile Durkheim
- 19 November 1917Birth of Indira Gandhi
- from 20 November 1917 to 8 December 1917Battle of Cambrai
- 6 December 1917Halifax explosion
- 16 December 1917Birth of Arthur C. Clarke
- 21 December 1917Birth of Heinrich Böll
- from 1918 to 1920Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920)
- 1918Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia
- 1918Publication of Mer Hayrenik
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