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Herman Potočnik
1892Dec, 22

Herman Potočnik

Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (d. 1929)
Herman Potočnik (pseudonym Hermann Noordung; 22 December 1892 – 27 August 1929) was an ethnically Slovenian Austro-Hungarian Army officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist. He is regarded as a pioneer and visionary of modern space flight and is chiefly remembered for his work addressing the long-term human habitation of space.

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Events on 1892

  • 28May

    Sierra Club

    In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
  • 7Jun

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • 6Jul

    Homestead Strike

    Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
  • 8Jul

    Great Fire of 1892

    St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
  • 9Aug

    Telegraphy

    Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.