American-Argentinian astronomer (died 1951)

Charles Dillon Perrine

Charles Dillon Perrine was an American astronomer at the Lick Observatory in California (1893-1909) who moved to Cordoba, Argentina to accept the position of Director of the Argentine National Observatory (1909-1936). The Cordoba Observatory under Perrine's direction made the first attempts to prove Einstein's theory of relativity by astronomical observation of the deflection of starlight near the Sun during the solar eclipse of October 10, 1912 in Cristina (Brazil), and the solar eclipse of August 21, 1914 at Feodosia, Crimea, Russian Empire. Rain in 1912 and clouds in 1914 prevented results.

Born

1867

July 28

Died

1951

Era

1860s

Country

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Charles, in brief

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1867 Born
1951 Died

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1364 Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
1402 Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
1540 Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
1571 La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines, is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country.

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The world in 1951

When Charles departed

april 11 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
april 11 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
april 17 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
april 22 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

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Alberto Fujimori 1938–2024 Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician, President of Peru (died 2024) Francis Veber 1937– French director and screenwriter Harry Kane 1993– English footballer Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1929–1994 American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (died 1994) Lori Loughlin 1964– American actress Mike Bloomfield 1943–1981 American guitarist and songwriter (born 1943) Russ Jackson 1936– Canadian football player and coach Santiago Calatrava 1951– Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex Sir Karl Popper 1902– Austrian-English philosopher and academic (died 1994)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1867

Arnold Bennett 1867–1931 English author and playwright (born 1867) Arturo Toscanini 1867–1957 Italian cellist and conductor (born 1867) Fred Tate 1867– English cricketer and coach (died 1943) Harold Mahony 1867–1905 Scottish-Irish tennis player (died 1905) Hector Guimard 1867–1942 French-American architect (died 1942) Józef Piłsudski 1867–1935 Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (died 1935) Pierre Bonnard 1867–1947 French painter (born 1867) Wilbur Wright 1867–1912 American inventor (died 1912)

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