1960
Rittenhouse Medal
Receives the Rittenhouse Medal for astronomical achievement.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Philadelphia in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Receives the Rittenhouse Medal for astronomical achievement.
Visits Philadelphia during the bicentennial celebrations of US independence. Becomes the 1st sovereign to visit the US since the Declaration of independence
The American Philosophical Society elected Hoyle to membership.
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