Template:On This Day (nonfiction)/May 29

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  • 1777: Physician and engineer John Mudge elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in the same year was awarded the Copley medal for his 'Directions for making the best Composition for the Metals for reflecting Telescopes; together with a Description of the Process for Grinding, Polishing, and giving the great Speculum the true Parabolic Curve'.

    1777: Physician and engineer John Mudge elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in the same year was awarded the Copley medal for his 'Directions for making the best Composition for the Metals for reflecting Telescopes; together with a Description of the Process for Grinding, Polishing, and giving the great Speculum the true Parabolic Curve'.

  • 1917: Politician John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, born.

    1917: Politician John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, born.

  • 1919: Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin view a solar eclipse as a test of Einstein's theory of general relativity.

    1919: Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin view a solar eclipse as a test of Einstein's theory of general relativity.

  • 1931: Psychologist, computer scientist, and author Christopher Evans born.

    1931: Psychologist, computer scientist, and author Christopher Evans born.

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