Important Events of March – 27

Important Events of March – 27

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was born on 27 March 1845.
He was a German mechanical engineer and physicist.
On 8 November 1895, he produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays.

Honours and awards

Rumford Medal (1896)
Matteucci Medal (1896)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1897)
He won the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
In 1907 he became a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In November 2004 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry(IUPAC) named element number 111 roentgenium (Rg) in his honour. IUPAP adopted the name in November 2011.

Death

Röntgen died on 10 February 1923 from carcinoma of the intestine in Munich, Germany, aged 77.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born on 9 March 1934.
He was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut.
He was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Honours and awards

Gagarin became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation’s highest honour.
Gold medal and diploma “Man in Space”, the Italian Association of Space.
Gold Medal “For outstanding difference” and the Royal Aero Club Diploma, Sweden.
Gold Medal Award “for courage” of the Fund Matstsotti (Italy), 2007.
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale awards the Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal in his honor.