Births on December 16

Adam Riess

Born on December 16, 1969

Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate

Adam Guy Riess (born December 16, 1969) is an American astrophysicist and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. Riess shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Brian P. Schmidt for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.

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Events on 1969

2 Mar

Concorde
In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
17 Apr

Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
16 Jul

Apollo 11
Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
20 Jul

Apollo 11
Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon (July 21 UTC).
30 Jul

Richard Nixon
Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.

Births on December 16

Adam Riess

Born on December 16, 1969

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Events on 1969

Concorde

Robert F. Kennedy

Apollo 11

Apollo 11

Richard Nixon