Griffith Observatory is a public observatory and science museum on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles, built with funds left by the Welsh-born businessman Griffith J. Griffith, who donated the land to the city and wanted astronomy to be available to the public. Its Art Deco building opened in the 1930s with a Zeiss planetarium projector, a Foucault pendulum and a solar telescope, and it has been visited by many millions of people. It has been the setting of films, including Rebel Without a Cause, and offers one of the best views of the city and the Hollywood Sign. It was renovated and expanded in the early 2000s, and public access to its telescopes is free.
Before and after
- 31 January 1935Birth of Kenzaburō Ōe
- 26 February 1935Watson-Watt demonstrates radar at Daventry
- 1 April 1935Founding of Reserve Bank of India
- 14 April 1935Black Sunday and the Dust Bowl
- 14 May 1935Founding of Griffith Observatory
- 20 May 1935Birth of José Mujica
- 31 May 1935Founding of 20th Century Studios
- 6 July 1935Birth of Tenzin Gyatso
- 17 July 1935Birth of Donald Sutherland
More in Universe & space
- 21 July 1914Discovery of Sinope
- 1920Discovery of the Hoba meteorite
- October 1923Hubble shows that Andromeda is a separate galaxy
- 1927Lemaitre proposes an expanding universe
- 6 July 1938Discovery of Lysithea
- 30 July 1938Discovery of Carme
The era
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