American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1996)

Robert F. Overmyer

Robert Franklyn Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. Overmyer was selected by the Air Force as an astronaut for its Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1966. Upon cancellation of the program in 1969, he became a NASA astronaut and served support crew duties for the Apollo program, Skylab program, and Apollo–Soyuz Test Project. In 1976, he was assigned to the Space Shuttle program and flew as pilot on STS-5 in 1982 and as commander on STS-51-B in 1985.

Born

1936

July 14

Died

1996

Era

1930s

Country

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Robert, in brief

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Key dates

1936 Born
1996 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

982 King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
1223 Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
1420 Battle of Vítkov Hill, decisive victory of Czech Hussite forces commanded by Jan Žižka against Crusade army led by Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor.
1430 Joan of Arc, taken by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.

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The world in 1936

When Robert arrived

april 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
april 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
april 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
april 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on July 14

Ante Pavelić 1889–1959 Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (born 1889) Arthur de Gobineau 1816–1882 French writer who founded Gobinism to promote development of racism (died 1882) Ferdinando II de' Medici 1610–1670 Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1670) Gertrude Bell 1868–1926 English archaeologist and spy (born 1868) Harry Dean Stanton 1926–2017 American actor, musician, and singer (died 2017) Javier Solana 1942– Spanish physicist and politician, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jerry Rubin 1938–1994 American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994) Plaek Phibunsongkhram 1897– Thai military officer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Thailand (died 1964)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1936

Silvio Berlusconi 1936–2023 Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936) Anthony Lester 1936– Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020) Anthony Payne 1936–2021 English composer (born 1936) Antonin Scalia 1936–2016 American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1936) B. J. Habibie 1936–2019 Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019) Bill Mazeroski 1936– American baseball player and coach (died 2026) Bobby Ross 1936– American football player and coach Brian Blessed 1936– English actor Canaan Banana 1936–2003 Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)

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