German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977). Wernher von Braun was born on 23 March 1912 in what is now Poland. Wernher von Braun is remembered as a physicist, military flight engineer and non-fiction writer, a citizen of Nazi Germany and the United States.
Before and after
- 1912The Piltdown Man is announced
- 6 January 1912Alfred Wegener proposes continental drift
- 28 January 1912Birth of Jackson Pollock
- 1 March 1912Founding of World Tennis
- 23 March 1912Birth of Wernher von Braun
- 27 March 1912Birth of James Callaghan
- 15 April 1912Birth of Kim Il-sung
- 30 April 1912Founding of Universal Pictures
- 8 May 1912Founding of Paramount Pictures
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