2015 Event Officials find that Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot of downed Germanwings Flight 4U 9525, had mental and physical health problems that he hid from the airline; a doctor's note was found excusing him from work on the day that he crashed the plane 2012 Event The European Physical Society's annual Edison Volta Prize is awarded to CERN Director General, Rolf-Dieter Heuer 2012 Event A study describing the Big Bang, published in 'Physical Review', suggests it is actually a phase change ruled by event symmetry, a theory which best supports how spacetime could originate from original matter 1995 Event Christopher Reeves released from physical rehab center 1988 Death Richard P Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies at 69 1981 Event Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 and stays for 10 weeks 1948 Birthday Olivia Newton-John, born in Cambridge, England, singer, Lets Get Physical 1948 Event Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow 1939 Event Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with "black holes" 1932 Death Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies 1929 Event 1st U.S. nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, New York City) 1902 Death Swami Vivekananda, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893, dies at age 39, suffered form Asthma, diabetes, and other physical ailments 1890 Birthday Tom O'Brien, born in San Diego, California, actor, Physical Evidence 1884 Birthday Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist, Nobel 1936 1879 Birthday Johannes Bronsted, Danish physical chemist, acid-base reactions 1868 Birthday Bernard MacFadden, publisher, Physical Culture, True Romances 1868 Death Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies 1853 Birthday Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist, Nobel 1909 1852 Birthday Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Netherlands, physical chemist, Nobel 1901 1828 Birthday Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st professor of physical education, Amherst College
