1985 Death Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr. Palomar), dies at 61 1982 Event Mount Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return 1973 Death Ira S. Bowen, U.S. physicist and astronomer (Mount Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74 1954 Birthday George E. Mahlberg, Astrophysicist, Mount Palomar/Mount Wilson California, 1974 - 1978 1948 Event 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory 1947 Event 200" mirror arrives at Mount Palomar 1934 Event 5.08-m (200") Mount Palomar Observatory mirror is cast 1898 Birthday Ira S. Bowen, U.S. physicist and astronomer, Mount Wilson/Palomar
