Births on June 25

Hermann Oberth

Born on June 25, 1894

Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (d. 1989)

Hermann Julius Oberth (German: [ˈhɛrman ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈoːbɛrt]; 25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and engineer. He is considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics, along with the French Robert Esnault-Pelterie, the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the American Robert Goddard and the Austro - Hungarian born Slovenian Herman Potočnik - Hermann Noordung.

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Events on 1894

14 Apr

Kinetoscope
The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
11 May

Pullman Palace Car Company
Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
6 Jun

Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894
Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
4 Jul

Sanford B. Dole
The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
25 Aug

Bubonic plague
Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.

Births on June 25

Hermann Oberth

Born on June 25, 1894

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Events on 1894

Kinetoscope

Pullman Palace Car Company

Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894

Sanford B. Dole

Bubonic plague