Italian-American astrophysicist (1931-2018). Riccardo Giacconi was born on 6 October 1931 in what is now Italy. Riccardo Giacconi is remembered as an astronomer, physicist and university teacher, a citizen of Italy and the United States. Positions held included ESO’s Director General.
Before and after
- 11 July 1931Construction of Ernst-Happel-Stadion
- 8 August 1931Birth of Roger Penrose
- from 18 September 1931 to 27 February 1932Japanese invasion of Manchuria
- 18 September 1931Mukden incident
- 6 October 1931Birth of Riccardo Giacconi
- 7 October 1931Birth of Desmond Tutu
- 15 October 1931Birth of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- 18 October 1931Death of Thomas Edison
- 11 December 1931Founding of Commonwealth of Nations
More in Science & technology
- 1923Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory
- 1933Karl Jansky detects radio waves from the Milky Way
- 4 March 1936First flight of LZ 129 Hindenburg
- from c. 1940s to 1960sGreen Revolution
- October 1943Streptomycin, the first antibiotic that works against tuberculosis, is discovered
- 1944Avery, MacLeod and McCarty show that DNA carries genes
The era
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