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Celebrity Birthdays
Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin
 In 1890, at the age of 52, Count von Zeppelin retired from the German military to devote himself to building motor-driven airships. He invented the first rigid airship in 1900, but the prototype was eventually disassembled and sold for scrap. Public opinion was so strongly in favor of the project, however, that the second version of his airship was financed entirely through donations and a lottery. What 1937 disaster contributed to the end of airship use? | | Beck - Celebrity | | Billy Eckstine - Celebrity American singer | | Brian Walden - Celebrity Television political interviewer | | Kevin Bacon - Celebrity | | Sarah Kennedy - Celebrity Television presenter | | Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin - In 1890, at the age of 52, Count von Zeppelin ...Born on 8 July, 1890 |
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